LEADER 05052nam 22007215 450 001 9910300148103321 005 20200702061055.0 010 $a3-642-39449-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-642-39449-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000001199609 035 $a(EBL)1698207 035 $a(OCoLC)871283473 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001174368 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11646913 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001174368 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11107548 035 $a(PQKB)11598770 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1698207 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-642-39449-2 035 $a(PPN)176113258 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001199609 100 $a20140121d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Abel Prize 2008-2012 /$fedited by Helge Holden, Ragni Piene 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aBerlin, Heidelberg :$cSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (561 p.) 225 1 $aThe Abel Prize,$x2661-829X 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-642-39448-5 327 $aPreface -- K.G. Helsvig: The Abel Prize ? the Missing Nobel in Mathematics.- 2008 John G. Thompson and Jacques Tits: J.G.Thompson: Some Reflections.- R. Lyons and R.M.Guralnick: The Work of John Griggs Tompson: A Survey -- List of Publications for John G. Thompson -- Curriculum Vitae for John G. Thompson -- F. Buekenhout: A biography of Jacques Tits -- F. Buekenhout: A Report on the Scientific Contributions of Jacques Tits -- List of Publications -- Curriculum Vitae -- 2009 Misha Gromov: M.Gromov: A Few Recollections -- D.Burago, and Ya. Eliashberg (Eds.): A Few Snapshots From the Work of Mikhail Gromov -- List of Publications -- Curriculum Vitae -- 2010 John T. Tate Jr.: J.Tate: An Autobiography -- J.S. Milne: The Work of John Tate -- List of Publications -- Curriculum Vitae -- 2011 John W. Milnor: J.Milnor: Autobiography -- H.Bass: Milnor's Work in Algebra and Its Ramifications -- M.Lyubich: John Milnor's Work in Dynamics -- L.C.Siebenmann: John W. Milnor's Work on the Classification of Differentiable Manifolds -- List of Publications -- Curriculum Vitae -- 2012 Endre Szemerédi.: E. Szemerédi: Autobiography -- W.T.Gowers: The Mathematics of Endre Szemerédi -- List of Publications -- Curriculum Vitae -- A Letter by Niels Henrik Abel to August Leopold Crelle -- C.Skau: Abel and the Theory of Algebraic Equations -- Appendices: The Abel Committee -- The Niels Henrik Abel Board -- The Abel Lectures 2003-2012 -- The Abel Presenters 2003-2012.- Addenda, Errata and Updates. 330 $aCovering the years 2008-2012, this book profiles the life and work of recent winners of the Abel Prize:   ·         John G. Thompson and Jacques Tits, 2008 ·         Mikhail Gromov, 2009 ·         John T. Tate Jr., 2010 ·         John W. Milnor, 2011 ·         Endre Szemerédi, 2012. The profiles feature autobiographical information as well as a description of each mathematician's work. In addition, each profile contains a complete bibliography, a curriculum vitae, as well as photos ? old and new. As an added feature, interviews with the Laureates are presented on an accompanying web site (http://extras.springer.com/).   The book also presents a  history of the Abel Prize written by the historian Kim Helsvig, and includes a facsimile of a letter from Niels Henrik Abel, which is transcribed, translated into English, and placed into historical perspective by Christian Skau.    This book follows on The Abel Prize: 2003-2007, The First Five Years (Springer, 2010), which profiles the work of the first Abel Prize winners.                 . 410 0$aThe Abel Prize,$x2661-829X 606 $aMathematics 606 $aHistory 606 $aComputer science 606 $aPhysics 606 $aHistory of Mathematical Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M23009 606 $aMathematics, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M00009 606 $aComputer Science, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/I00001 606 $aPhysics, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P00002 615 0$aMathematics. 615 0$aHistory. 615 0$aComputer science. 615 0$aPhysics. 615 14$aHistory of Mathematical Sciences. 615 24$aMathematics, general. 615 24$aComputer Science, general. 615 24$aPhysics, general. 676 $a004 676 $a510 676 $a510.79 676 $a510.9 702 $aHolden$b Helge$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aPiene$b Ragni$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910300148103321 996 $aAbel prize 2008-2012$91409919 997 $aUNINA