Don't know of any "standard biography", though you could check out some links on-line (the Triples home page lists the following: http://www.fermentmagazine.org/rands/recoltes1.html http://www.grothendieck-circle.org/ http://modular.fas.harvard.edu/sga/ http://www.math.jussieu.fr/~maltsin/groth/Derivateurs.html (though the last two are reprints of papers etc)). In addition, a French publication "Bourbaki" (pub by Pour La Science - the French edition of Scientific American) mentions him as part of that group - and has a rather nice photo of him and his child. Good luck! -= rags =- On Wed, 30 Jun 2004, Galchin Vasili wrote:
Hello,
Does anybody know of a Grothendieck biography? For me many times it is helpful to read a bio to the historical development of a person's work.
Thanks in advance, Bill Halchin
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