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David Eisenhauer Farhad Jafari’s
office at the University of Wyoming can barely contain him. The lanky,
mathematics professor seems too tall for the cramped space, and his long
legs and arms compete with books, filing cabinets, and computer equipment
that fill the room. A dry-erase board across from his desk is covered with
an equation, the hieroglyphics of physics Jafari refers to as “sentences
in a story.” The symbols explain the deeper meaning of a mathematical
theory, incomprehensible to a layman. They reveal only a glimpse of the
mind that lies behind an almost incessant smile. For Jafari, who is now
an American citizen, life is a series of complex questions that demand
answers. His intellectual curiosity drives him forward with boundless
energy, a force that occasionally manifests itself in a flurry of animated
gestures. “My interest in science is the result of following these
questions – if you have no questions in mind there is nothing to
study,” he says. “It’s almost like a mystery novel; you are trying
to discover clues. It’s an exciting journey to try to answer questions
that no one has been able to answer. Perhaps no one has asked the
questions the way you have.” It is a journey, he
says, that never ends. |
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