2001–2002 Ulam Colloquium:
John Milnor
Complexity in the sciences
Speaker: John Milnor, Director, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook
Date and time: Monday, November 19, 2001, 4:00–5:00 p.m.
Location: Little Hall, Room 113
Introductory remarks: Neil Sullivan, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Reception: After the lecture, Little Hall, Room 339 (the Atrium)
About the speaker
John Milnor was awarded the Fields Medal in 1962. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a winner of the National Medal of Science, the Steele Prize and the Wolf Prize. For many years he was a permanent member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Since 1991 he has been the director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Further reading
Read the electronic biography of John Milnor from the St. Andrews MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive.