Michael Spivak
American mathematician (1940-2020) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 80
Michael David Spivak was an American mathematician specializing in differential geometry, an expositor of mathematics, and the founder of Publish-or-Perish Press.
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Spivak was the author of the five-volume A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry, which won the Leroy P. Steele Prize for expository writing in 1985.
Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1940 to 2020 · aged 80
