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Covering the years 2008-2012, this book profiles the life and work of recent winners of the Abel Prize: · John G. Thompson and Jacques Tits, 2008 · Mikhail Gromov, 2009 · John T. Tate Jr., 2010 · John W. Milnor, 2011 · Endre Szemerédi, 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 . The book also presents a history of the Abel Prize written by the historian Kim Helsvig, and includes a facsimile of a letter from Niels Henrik Abel, which is transcribed, translated into English, and placed into historical perspective by Christian Skau. This book follows on The Abel Prize: 2003-2007, The First Five Years (Springer, 2010), which profiles the work of the first Abel Prize winners.

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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: Paperback
• Number of pages: 571
• EAN: 9783662512531
• ISBN: 366251253X
• ID: 16083092
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Weight: 1202 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. May 2016

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