The Abel Prize : 2003-2007

The book presents the winners of the first five Abel Prizes in mathematics: 2003 Jean-Pierre Serre; 2004 Sir Michael Atiyah and Isadore Singer; 2005 Peter D.

Lax; 2006 Lennart Carleson; and 2007 S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan. Each laureate provides an autobiography or an interview, a curriculum vitae, and a complete bibliography.

This is complemented by a scholarly description of their work written by leading experts in the field and by a brief history of the Abel Prize.

Interviews with the laureates can be found at http://extras.springer.com .