Christopher Zeeman

Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman FRS (4 February 1925 – 13 February 2016), was a British mathematician. He was known for his work in geometric topology and singularity theory. Zeeman's main contributions to mathematics were in topology, particularly in knot theory, the piecewise linear category, and dynamical systems.

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 Interview in CIM Bulletin 2001 
 Three references for further reading 
 Bibliography 
 Zeeman's Catastrophe Machine
 Zeeman's Catastrophe Machine in Flash 
 AMS — The Catastrophe Machine
 Doctor Zeeman's Original Catastrophe Machine
 "The Cusp of Catastrophe: René Thom, Christopher Zeeman and Denis Postle" in Maps of the Mind Charles Hampden-Turner.  Collier Books, 1981. 
 Mathematics into Pictures , Christopher Zeeman's 1978 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

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