Michael Spivak

Michael Spivak
Michael Spivak
	Spivak exhibiting his flexibility (1974)
Born	May 25, 1940; Queens, New York City, U.S.A.
Died	October 1, 2020 (aged 80); Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Alma mater	Harvard University (A.B.); Princeton University (Ph.D.);
Known for	The Hitchhiker's Guide to Calculus; Calculus on Manifolds: A Modern Approach to Classical Theorems of Advanced Calculus; A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry; MathTime;
Awards	Leroy P. Steele Prize for expository writing, 1985
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics; Differential geometry;
Thesis	On Spaces Satisfying Poincaré Duality (1964)
Doctoral advisor	John Milnor

Michael David Spivak (May 25, 1940 – October 1, 2020) was an American mathematician specializing in differential geometry, an expositor of mathematics, and the founder of Publish-or-Perish Press. Spivak was the author of the five-volume A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry.

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