SERIES He Dropped Out to Become a Poet. Now He’s Won a Fields Medal. June Huh wasn’t interested in mathematics until a chance encounter during his sixth year of college. Now his profound insights connecting combinatorics and geometry have led to math’s highest honor. June Huh in his Princeton University office. Caroline Gutman for Quanta Magazine Introduction June Huh often finds himself lost. Every afternoon, he takes a long walk around Princeton University, where he’s a professor in the mathem...