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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 (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.                 .

Computer science. --- Mathematics. --- Mathematics -- Awards. --- Physics. --- Mathematics --- Awards. --- Tits, Jacques. --- Gromov, Mikhael, --- Tate, John Torrence, --- Milnor, John W. --- Milnor, John Willard, --- Milnor, J. --- Milnor, Dzh., --- Milnor, Dzhon, --- Tate, J. --- Tate, J. T. --- Gromov, M. --- Gromov, Mikhail, --- Gromov, Misha, --- Tits, J. --- History. --- History of Mathematical Sciences. --- Mathematics, general. --- Computer Science, general. --- Physics, general. --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Informatics --- Science --- Math