Shourryya Ray, 16-Year-Old German Student, Dubbed 'Genius' For Cracking 350-Year-Old Isaac Newton Puzzle


So the linked article is typical of popular media reporting when it comes to something like this. That is long on hype and short of actual information. Details like the actual problem and its solution would have been nice, but no where to be found in this article or any of the links in the article. In fact a Google search on the name Shourryya Ray did not yield much more information. So how about any of the Mobile Read members from Germany, or even Europe? An amazing accomplishment or much ado about nothing?