Fields Medallists' Lectures (Third Edition) by Michael Atiyah... - 9789814696173

Fields Medallists' Lectures (Third Edition)Author(s): Michael Atiyah, Chi Tat Chong, Daniel Iagolnitzer\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, Singapore\nImprint: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd\nISBN-13: 9789814696173, 978-9814696173\nSynopsis\nAlthough the Fields Medal does not have the same public recognition as the Nobel Prizes, they share a similar intellectual standing. It is restricted to one field that of mathematics. The medal is awarded to the best mathematicians who are 40 or younger, every four [url] list of Fields Medallists and their contributions provides a bird's-eye view of the major developments in mathematics over the past 80 years. It highlights the areas in which, at various times, the greatest progress has been [url] third edition of Fields Medallists' Lectures features additional contributions from: John W Milnor [tel], Enrico Bombieri [tel], Gerd Faltings [tel], Andrei Okounkov [tel], Terence Tao [tel], Cdric Villani [tel.