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Bridging Divides
Theodore L. Brown
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Description for Bridging Divides
Hardback. Celebrating the Beckman Institute's first twenty years as a world leader in interdisciplinary science and technology Num Pages: 144 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; PDG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Bridging Divides offers a first-hand account of the origins of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, an interdisciplinary research institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign devoted to leading-edge research in the physical sciences, computation, engineering, biology, behavior, cognition, and neuroscience. The book follows the progress of the Beckman Institute's creation, from the initial conceptualization of a large, multi-disciplinary institute; through proposal formulation; to the architectural design and actual construction of its state-of-the-art building, made possible by the largest gift made to any public university at the time: a $40 million contribution from Illinois alumnus and founder ... Read more
Bridging Divides offers a first-hand account of the origins of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, an interdisciplinary research institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign devoted to leading-edge research in the physical sciences, computation, engineering, biology, behavior, cognition, and neuroscience. The book follows the progress of the Beckman Institute's creation, from the initial conceptualization of a large, multi-disciplinary institute; through proposal formulation; to the architectural design and actual construction of its state-of-the-art building, made possible by the largest gift made to any public university at the time: a $40 million contribution from Illinois alumnus and founder ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252034848
SKU
V9780252034848
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About Theodore L. Brown
Theodore L. Brown is the founding director of the Beckman Institute and a professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he also served as dean of the Graduate College, vice chancellor for research, and interim vice chancellor for academic affairs. He is the author of Making Truth: Metaphor in Science and Imperfect Oracle: The Epistemic ... Read more
Reviews for Bridging Divides
"In many respects the Beckman Institute evolved from the scientific and technological strengths and culture of the Urbana-Champaign campus. In other ways, however, it changed the campus profoundly. Interdisciplinary collaboration and the capacity to attract exciting new faculty talent had long been a part of the Illinois tradition, but the Beckman Institute made a profound difference that endures today."
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