Mathematics at Berkeley [electronic resource] : a history / Calvin C. Moore.

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Moore, C. C. (Calvin C.), 1936-

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TextPublication details: Wellesley, Mass. : A.K. Peters, c2007.Description: xviii, 341 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., portsISBN:

9781439865910 (ebook : PDF)

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Contents:

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.

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