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Book synopsis

The book presents the winners of the Abel Prize in mathematics for the period 2008 2012: 2008 John G. Thompson and Jacques Tits, 2009 Misha Gromov, 2010 John T. Tate Jr., 2011 John W. Milnor, and 2012 Endre Szemerédi. Each laureate provides an autobiography. In addition, there is a scholarly description of their work, a curriculum vitae, and a complete bibliography. Interviews with the Laureates are presented on an accompanying web site.§The historian K. Helsvig presents the history of the Abel Prize. A facsimile of a letter by Niels Henrik Abel to Crelle from 1828 is included together with a commentary by C. Skau.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Mathematics History of mathematics

• Full title: Abel Prize 2008-2012
• Author: Helge Holden, Ragni Piene
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 571
• EAN: 9783642394485
• ISBN: 3642394485
• ID: 01664019
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Weight: 958 g
• Dimensions: 241 × 167 × 28 mm
• Date of publishing: 03. February 2014

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