edited by S S Chern (Nankai University, China) & F Hirzebruch (Universität Bonn & Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn)

The Wolf Prize, awarded by the Wolf Foundation in Israel, often goes to mathematicians who are in their sixties or older. That is to say, the Prize honours the achievements of a lifetime.

This invaluable book features bibliographies, important papers, and speeches (for example at international congresses) of Wolf Prize winners, such as R Bott, A P Calderón, A N Kolmogorov, M G Krein, P Lax, H Lewy, L Lovász, J Milnor, J Moser, I Piatetski-Shapiro, J P Serre, C L Siegel, Y Sinai, E M Stein, J Tits, A Weil, H Whitney, A Wiles and O Zariski. This is the first time that documents on Wolf Prize winners have been published together. Since the work of the Wolf laureates covers a wide spectrum, much of the mathematics of the twentieth century comes to life in this book.

• Raoul Bott
• Alberto P Calderón (prepared by E M Stein)
• Andrei N Kolmogorov (prepared by V M Tikhomirov)
• Mark Grigor'evich Krein (prepared by I Gohberg)
• Peter D Lax
• Hans Lewy (prepared by S Hilderbrandt)
• László Lovász
• John W Milnor
• Jürgen K Moser (prepared by E Zehnder)
• Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro
• Jean-Pierre Serre
• Carl L Siegel (prepared by H Klingen)
• Yakov G Sinai
• Elias M Stein
• Jacques Tits
• André Weil (prepared by J-P Serre)
• Hassler Whitney (prepared by J Milnor & J Eells)
• Andrew J Wiles
• Oscar Zariski (prepared by D Mumford)