Just about a month before his death, Friedrich Hirzebruch, founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, has given a lecture about his current research in the institute's Geometric Topology Seminar. The lecture bears witness to his inexaustible productivity, clarity of presentation, and passion for mathematics.
Watch the lecture online:
The shape of planar algebraic curves defined over the reals, part I [4] or in webm format [5]
The shape of planar algebraic curves defined over the reals, part II [6] or in webm format [7]
Technical note: You can also right click on the title and choose "Save link as .." to download the files and play them locally.
Links:
[1] http://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/taxonomy/term/44
[2] http://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/taxonomy/term/158
[3] http://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/sites/default/files/Hirzebruch4.jpg
[4] http://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/sites/default/files/videos/download/Hirzebruch_20120423.p1.mp4
[5] http://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/sites/default/files/videos/download/Hirzebruch_20120423.p1.webm
[6] http://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/sites/default/files/videos/download/Hirzebruch_20120423.p2.mp4
[7] https://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/sites/default/files/videos/download/Hirzebruch_20120423.p2.webm