"When you go through the Math Reviews, the first paper you find of Doug’s is something called A definition of exotic characteristic classes of spherical fibrations, from the early 70s. No one ever reads that paper, and it’s kind of forgotten. Doug wrote that when he was just a punk kid on the street. It was before he grew up and joined the BP Mafia...."

Created April 9, 2007; last modified  December 9, 2008.