Preface -- K.G. Helsvig: The Abel Prize – the Missing Nobel in Mathematics.- 2008 John G. Thompson and Jacques Tits: J.G.Thompson: Some Reflections.- R. Lyons and R.M.Guralnick: The Work of John Griggs Tompson: A Survey -- List of Publications for John G. Thompson -- Curriculum Vitae for John G. Thompson -- F. Buekenhout: A biography of Jacques Tits -- F. Buekenhout: A Report on the Scientific Contributions of Jacques Tits -- List of Publications -- Curriculum Vitae -- 2009 Misha Gromov: M.Gromov: A Few Recollections -- D.Burago, and Ya. Eliashberg (Eds.): A Few Snapshots From the Work of Mikhail Gromov -- List of Publications -- Curriculum Vitae -- 2010 John T. Tate Jr.: J.Tate: An Autobiography -- J.S. Milne: The Work of John Tate -- List of Publications -- Curriculum Vitae -- 2011 John W. Milnor: J.Milnor: Autobiography -- H.Bass: Milnor's Work in Algebra and Its Ramifications -- M.Lyubich: John Milnor's Work in Dynamics -- L.C.Siebenmann: John W. Milnor's Work on the Classification of Differentiable Manifolds -- List of Publications -- Curriculum Vitae -- 2012 Endre Szemerédi.: E. Szemerédi: Autobiography -- W.T.Gowers: The Mathematics of Endre Szemerédi -- List of Publications -- Curriculum Vitae -- A Letter by Niels Henrik Abel to August Leopold Crelle -- C.Skau: Abel and the Theory of Algebraic Equations -- Appendices: The Abel Committee -- The Niels Henrik Abel Board -- The Abel Lectures 2003-2012 -- The Abel Presenters 2003-2012.- Addenda, Errata and Updates.

Covering the years 2008-2012, this book profiles the life and work of recent winners of the Abel Prize:   ·         John G. Thompson and Jacques Tits, 2008 ·         Mikhail Gromov, 2009 ·         John T. Tate Jr., 2010 ·         John W. Milnor, 2011 ·         Endre Szemerédi, 2012. The profiles feature autobiographical information as well as a description of each mathematician's work. In addition, each profile contains a complete bibliography, a curriculum vitae, as well as photos — old and new. As an added feature, interviews with the Laureates are presented on an accompanying web site (http://extras.springer.com/).   The book also presents a  history of the Abel Prize written by the historian Kim Helsvig, and includes a facsimile of a letter from Niels Henrik Abel, which is transcribed, translated into English, and placed into historical perspective by Christian Skau.    This book follows on The Abel Prize: 2003-2007, The First Five Years (Springer, 2010), which profiles the work of the first Abel Prize winners.