Anderson, R. D.; Comfort, W. W.; Henriksen, M.; Mardešić, S.; Nagata, J.; Rudin, M. E.; Smirnov, Yu. M. Essays. (English) Zbl 1023.54001 Hušek, Miroslav (ed.) et al., Recent progress in general topology II. Based on the Prague topological symposium, Prague, Czech Republic, August 19-25, 2001. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 545-575 (2002). This collection contains the following essays: 1. R. D. Anderson, The early development of infinite-dimensional topology; 2. W. W. Comfort, Topological combinatorics: A peaceful pursuit; 3. M. Henriksen, Topology related to rings of real-valued continuous functions. Where it has been and where it might be going; 4. S. Mardešić, Shape theory; 5. J. Nagata, Looking back at modern general topology in the last century; 6. M. E. Rudin, Topology in the 20th Century; 7. Yu. M. Smirnov, Compact extensions; 8. Reminiscences of L. Vietoris.For the entire collection see [Zbl 1005.00037]. MSC: 54-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to general topology Keywords:topological combinatorics; shape theory; compact extensions; infinite-dimensional topology; real-valued continuous functions PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{R. D. Anderson} et al., in: Recent progress in general topology II. Based on the Prague topological symposium, Prague, Czech Republic, August 19--25, 2001. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 545--575 (2002; Zbl 1023.54001)