Vaughan Fredrick Randal Jones

Vaughan Fredrick Randal Jones Born: 31 Dec 1952 in Gisnorne, New Zealand Knot: Knot Theory is the study of the way a closed curve can be embedded in three dimensional space with out intersecting itself. Intuitively, on may "make a knot" by tying an ordinary piece of string and then fusing together the free ends of the string. Associated with any knot is its knot group which is the fundamental group of the space obtained by removing …

…mathematics and physics. Jones has receive a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1986 and elected a Fellow of the royal society in 1990. In 1991 he was awarded the New Zealand Government Science Medal and given an Honorary D.Sc. this time from the University of Auckland in 1992. In 1993 he was awarded a second honorary D.Sc. This time from the University of Whales. Also in 1993 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. By Cheri Pytash