The Abel Prize 2008-2012 (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)

Covering the years 2008-2012, this bookprofilesthe life and work of recent winners of the Abel Prize:
. John G. Thompson and Jacques Tits, 2008
. MikhailGromov, 2009
. John T. Tate Jr., 2010
. John W. Milnor, 2011
. Endre Szemeredi, 2012.
The profiles feature autobiographical information as well as a description of each mathematician's work. In addition, each profile contains a complete bibliography, a curriculum vitae, as well as photos old and new. As an added feature, interviews with the Laureates are presented on an accompanying web site (http: //extras.springer.com/).

The book also presents a history of the Abel Prize written by the historian Kim Helsvig, and includes a facsimile of aletter from Niels Henrik Abel, which is transcribed, translated into English, and placed into historical perspectiveby Christian Skau.

This book follows onThe Abel Prize: 2003-2007, The First Five Years(Springer, 2010), which profiles the work of the first Abel Prize winners.

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