The Algebraist

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Iain Banks came to controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. Consider Phlebas, his first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987. He is now widely acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative and exciting writers of his generation. The first time that I developed a particular interest in mathematics was as a freshman at Princeton University. I had been rather socially maladjusted and did not have too many friends, but when I came to Princeton, I found myself very much at home in the atmosphere of the mathematics common room. People were chatting about mathematics, playing games, and one could come by at any time and just relax. I found the lectures very interesting. I felt more at home there than I ever had before and I have stayed with mathematics ever since. J Sondow, An aroma of paradox and audacity : Milnor's work in differential topology, in Topological methods in modern mathematics (Houston, TX, 1993), 23- 30. An enormously enjoyable book, full of wonderful aliens, a sense of wonder and subtle political commentary on current events.”– Publishers Weekly(Starred Review) He was promoted to professor in 1960 then, in 1962, Milnor was appointed to the Henry Putman chair.

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verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ He received the Wolf Prize (1989), the Leroy P Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition (2004), the Leroy P Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2011), the Abel Prize (2011) and in 2014 was made a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. N H Kuiper, Review: Morse theory, by John Willard Milnor, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 71 (1) (1965), 136- 137. As complex, turbulent and spectacular as the gas giant on which it is set, this novel from Iain M. Banks is space opera on a truly epic scale.M Spivak, A brief report of John Milnor's brief excursions into differential geometry, in Topological methods in modern mathematics (Houston, TX, 1993), 31- 43. E Artal Bartolo, J I Cogolludo Agustín and A Melle Hernández, John Willard Milnor, 1962 Fields Medal (Spanish ), Gac. R. Soc. Mat. Esp. 15 (3) (2012), 575- 587. H Bass, John Milnor, the algebraist, in Topological methods in modern mathematics (Houston, TX, 1993), 45- 84.

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The book, for those not familiar with it, is about a far future where all intergalactic civilization is connected via wormholes. Large gas giants are occupied by Dwellers, ancient non-humanoid aliens whose history spans millennia. Seers seek to gain knowledge from these Dwellers by spending time among the aliens. One Seer, Fassin Taak, stumbles upon a Dweller List, which can has drastic implications for all galactic civilization. Meanwhile, an extremist religious leader organizes an assault on Fassin's home system to obtain the Dweller List.Imagine that he is hugely enthusiastic and charming, and that his thoughtful analyses of contemporary human politics range from the individual to the mass, from theory to action, from ideology to consequence.