Here are some reflections I wrote on the work of Grothendieck and relations with his contemporaries & predecessors.
Take it with a grain of salt—it is probably too deflationary of Grothendieck’s work, pushing back on mythical narratives common in certain mathematical circles where Grothendieck is held to be an Christ-like figure. I pushed back on that a little. Nevertheless, it would probably not be an exaggeration to say that Grothendieck’s purely scientific contributions [as opposed to real-life consequences] were comparable to those of Einstein.
Here are some reflections I wrote on the work of Grothendieck and relations with his contemporaries & predecessors.
Take it with a grain of salt—it is probably too deflationary of Grothendieck’s work, pushing back on mythical narratives common in certain mathematical circles where Grothendieck is held to be an Christ-like figure. I pushed back on that a little. Nevertheless, it would probably not be an exaggeration to say that Grothendieck’s purely scientific contributions [as opposed to real-life consequences] were comparable to those of Einstein.