The Abel Prize 2008-2012

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Covering the years 2008-2012, this book profiles the life and work of recent winners of the Abel Prize:

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John G. Thompson and Jacques Tits, 2008 *

Mikhail Gromov, 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 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.