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Bridging divides : the origins of the Beckman Institute at Illinois / Theodore L. Brown ; forewords by Stanley O. Ikenberry and Richard H. Herman.

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This book 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, b...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Brown, Theodore L. (Theodore Lawrence), 1928- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois, [2009]
Subjects:
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology > History.
Beckman, Arnold O.
Research institutes > Illinois > History.
Science > Study and teaching (Higher) > Illinois > History.
Technology > Study and teaching (Higher) > Illinois > History.
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.
Research institutes.
Science > Study and teaching (Higher)
Technology > Study and teaching (Higher)
Illinois.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Forging the proposal
  • October 5, 1985 : the Institute is born
  • Building the Institute
  • Choosing programs
  • The Institute goes public
  • Bringing the Institute to life
  • The Beckman Foundation : Arnold's last years.

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