László Tengelyi, 1954-2014

Robert F. Coleman 1954–2014

1 Biography Robert F. Coleman, an extraordinarily original and creative mathematician who has had a profound influence on modern number theory and arithmetic geometry, died of a sudden heart attack in El Cerrito, CA, on the morning of March 24, 2014. He is survived by his wife Tessa, his sister Rosalind, and brother Mark, his nephew Jeffrey, and niece Elise, and his service dog Julep. The depth...

In Memoriam: Joseph Ka Hoi Wong, MD, FRCSC (1954-2014).

Joseph Ka Hoi Wong was born in Guangzhou, China, to 2 loving parents, Hsi Huang and Ching Lam. He came to Canadaat age 17 years.He completedhismedical degree at the University of Toronto, his residency in otolaryngology at the University of West Ontario, and spent a year in Tokyo, Japan, on a fellowship with the renowned cleft lip and palate surgeonTakuyaOnizuka,MD. Joe later establishedabusy a...

Graph Minor Theory László

A monumental project in graph theory was recently completed. The project, started by Robertson and Seymour, and later joined by Thomas, led to entirely new concepts and a new way of looking at graph theory. The motivating problem was Kuratowski’s characterization of planar graphs, and a far-reaching generalization of this, conjectured by Wagner: If a class of graphs is minor-closed (i.e., it is...

Transition and Development László Csaba

1954 Medical Progress

gations of others but the bibliographies are not lengthy. The tables are clear and serve to stress points. The material is up to date. All combine to make the book a good starting point for one with propensities toward this field and specifically in rheumatic fever and nephritis. Dr. Maclyn McCarty, the editor, states in the preface that a volume of this type has its inherent drawbacks, namely,...