Poincare Conjecture: Understanding & Appreciating the Proof

[Mosis]

hello!

i would like to be able to understand and appreciate the proof of the poincare conjecture. i have some idea of where to begin, and my supervisor is going to help me out (i'm starting a master's in pure math and my supervisor does geometric analysis), but i was wondering if anyone here had any suggestsions on going about this monolithic task?

 

[Studiot]

I don't wish to insult your intelligence but you could do worse than start with this populist book

The Poincare Conjecture
by
Donal O'Shea

It really is a jolly good read. Since it traces the history of the conjecture and the maths around it and has a reasonable bibliography it contains a compilation which forms an excellent starting point.