Mathematician:Pierre Samuel

French mathematician working mainly in the fields of commutative algebra and algebraic geometry.

A second-generation member of the Bourbaki group.

Best known (and greatly appreciated) for the books he wrote.

Politically active in the spheres of social justice and environmentalism.

Nationality
French

History

 * Born: 12 Sept 1921, Paris, France
 * Died: 23 Aug 2009, Paris, France

Books, Publications, etc.

 * 1942: Correspondance Conforme de Deux Surfaces à Plans Tangents Parallèles
 * La Notion de Multiplicité en Algèbre et en Géometrie Algébrique
 * 1947: Ultrafilters and Compactification of Uniform Spaces
 * 1953: Algèbre Locale
 * 1955: Méthodes d'Algèbre Abstraite en Géométrie Algébrique
 * 1958: Commutative Algebra Vol. I (with Oscar Zariski)
 * 1960: Commutative Algebra Vol. II (with Oscar Zariski)
 * 1963: Anneaux Factoriels
 * 1963: Lectures on Old and New Results on Algebraic Curves
 * 1968: Unique Factorization
 * 1973: Écologie, Détente au Cycle Infernal
 * 1975: Le Nucléaire en Questions
 * 1975: Amazones, Guerrières et Gaillardes
 * 1980: L'Éffet de Serre.