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2011: John Milnor
Stony Brook University, USA
"for pioneering discoveries in topology, geometry and algebra."
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More about John Milnor
Videos
The Abel Prize interview
John Milnor interviewed by the two mathematicians Christian Skau and Martin Raussen.
The Abel Prize announcement
The Abel Prize is announced by the President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
HLF Portraits: John Milnor
The interview was made by The Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation.
John Milnor: Spheres
John Milnors Abel Prize lecture. Programme available in the YouTube description.
A short presentation of Milnors work
A presentation by Timothy Gowers; a clip from the Abel Prize announcement.