Prof parviz shahriari biography examples

Parviz Shahriari, grew up in a Zoroastrian peasant family in Kerman. His parents toiled on the lands owned by feudal landlords and after his father died, he had to work alongside his mother to support his family. None of this hardship and poverty however, stifled his passion for learning and in particular for learning what he loved most; mathematics. He worked as a porter in the railway and studied in Tehran university at the same time until he graduated in 1953.

The fifties were a politicised decade which saw many students become active in politics and Shahriari's humble beginnings and the hardships he experienced during his childhood gravitated him towards the Tudeh Party, Iran's Soviet backed Communist Party. He was arrested several times and learned Russian in prison.

Shahriari's greatness however was due to his enormous contribution in making mathematics and physics interesting and accessible to thousands of Iran's youngsters, including myself. His numerous translations of mat Shahriar shahriari.