Mathematics at Berkeley

A History
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-56881-302-8
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 671 g

In this fascinating history of the mathematics department at the University of California, Berkeley, Moore describes how this institution evolved from a single facutly member at a financially-troubled private college into a major research center that is ranked among the very best in the USA and in the world. Moore's account spans from its origins in the 1850s to the establishment and early years of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) in the early to mid 1980s.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moore, Calvin C

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Geschichte der Mathematik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Introduction 1 Creating a University 2 Professor Welcker and the Department of Mathematics 3 Professor Stringham and the Department of Mathematics 4 Lagging Behind: 1909–1933 5 The Beginning of the Evans Years: 1932–1936 6 The Evans Years: 1936–1945 7 The Postwar Years: 1946–1949 8 Postwar Initiatives in Applied Mathematics 9 The Oath Controversy 10 Mathematics: 1950–1955 11 Growth and Separation of Statistics: 1950–1955 12 Change in the Wind: 1955–1957 13 The Kelley Years: 1957–1960 14 Computing and Computer Science 1955–1973 15 Campus Planning and Evans Hall 16 Growth and Stabilization: 1961–1973 17 Departmental Life in the “Sixties”: 1964–1973 18 Recovery: 1974–1985 19 MSRI: The Initial Years, 1978–1985 20 End Note: Highlights after 1985; Appendices; References; Photograph Credits; Index

Über Autor(innen)

Calvin C. Moore