References for Alexander Grothendieck

  1. Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
    http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9096772/Alexandre-Grothendieck

Books:

  1. P Cartier, L Illusie, N M Katz, G Laumon, Y Manin and K A Ribet (eds.), The Grothendieck Festschrift (Boston-Basel, 1990).

Articles:

  1. J Dieudonné, A Grothendieck's early work (1950-1960), K-Theory 3 (4) (1989), 299-306.
  2. J-P Serre, Rapport au comité Fields sur les travaux de A Grothendieck, K-Theory 3 (3) (1989), 199-204.

June 1997

MacTutor History of Mathematics
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