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Stephen Smale: the mathematician who broke the dimension barrier, by Steve Batterson. Pp. 324. £25. 2000. ISBN 0 8218 2045 1 (American Mathematical Society). UK distributor: Oxford University Press.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Steve Abbott
Steve Abbott*
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Claydon High School, Church Lane, Claydon, Ipswich IP6 0EG
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 85 , Issue 503 , July 2001 , pp. 352 - 354
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References

1. Smale, Steve The story of the higher dimensional Poincaré Conjecture (What actually happened on the beaches of Rio), Mathematical Intelligencer 12 (2) 1990 pp. 44–51.Google Scholar
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3. Albers, Donald J. and Reid, Constance Steve Smale (Interview), in: Albers, Donald J. Alexanderson, Gerald L. and Reid, Constance (eds), More mathematical people, pp. 304–323 (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990).Google Scholar
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