Scientific Work
"Mathematics for me is a universal and adequate language of sciences,
and it is an example of how people of different cultures and backgrounds
can communicate and work together." -- I.M. Gelfand
Mathematics
Essay on the Moscow Gelfand Seminar Simon Gindikin
On Gelfand and the Foundation of Noncommutative Geometry Alain Connes
An Overview of Gelfand David Kazdan (from his talk at the Unity of Mathematics Conference, 2003)
The Scientific Contribution of I.M. Gelfand Terence Tao
Biology
The History of Science: I. M. Gelfand's Seminar on Biology. From the publication Ontogenes. (in Russian only)
I.M. Gelfand's Seminar on Biology. V. P. Skulachev, abstract from Ontogenes (in English)
I. M. Gelfand as a Biologist Yuri M. Vasiliev
On Gelfand's work and the Birth of the Seminar A. S. Spirin (in Russian only)
Notes about a Scientific Life G. I. Abelev (in Russian only)
Gelfand on Mathematics and Neurophysiology Yuri Arshavsky
The Seminar of Gelfand and Tsetlin on Physiology M. B. Berkenblit (in Russian only)
Medical Informatics
I.M. Gelfand's Work in the Medical Field A. L. Sirkin (in Russian only)
Medical Informatics "as per Gelfand" Mikhail Shifrin (in Russian only)