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About This Book
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As part of the commemorative book series on Singapore's 50 years of nation-building, this important compendium traces the history and development of the various sectors of Singapore science in the last 50 years or so. The book covers the government agencies responsible for science funding and research policy, the academic institutions and departments who have been in the forefront of the development of the nation's scientific manpower and research, the research centres and institutes which have been breaking new ground in both basic and applied science research, science museums and education, and the academic and professional institutions which the scientific community has set up to enable Singapore scientists to serve the nation more effectively.
Each article is chronicled by eminent authors who have played important roles and made significant contributions in shaping today's achievement of science in Singapore.
Professionals, academics, students and the general public will find this volume a useful reference material and an inspirational easy read.
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- Foreword
- Preface
- About the Contributors
- Science Policy and Funding Bodies:
- The Science Council and Singapore science in the '60s and '70s (B T G Tan)
- R&D in Singapore — The Early Years of NSTB (Francis Yeoh)
- Science, Technology and Open Innovation — The A*STAR Journey (Raj Thampuran and Colleagues at A*STAR)
- National Research Foundation (Low Teck Seng and the National Research Foundation)
- Academic Faculties and Departments:
- The Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore — A Brief History (B T G Tan)
- Department of Mathematics at Nanyang University (1956–1980) (Lee Peng Yee)
- Fifty Years of Mathematics in Singapore: A Personal Perspective (Chong Chi Tat)
- Physics at NUS (Tang Seung Mun, Feng Yuan Ping, Oh Choo Hiap, Lai Choy Heng, Ong Chong Kim, Sow Chorng Haur and Andrew T S Wee)
- Department of Chemistry: A Historical Review (Mok Kum Fun, Sim Keng Yeow, Andy Hor, Richard M W Wong and Eugene Khor)
- Department of Botany: Achievements and Progress Through the Years (G Lim)
- Department of Zoology: Past, Present and Future (T J Lam)
- Department of Biological Sciences (Paul Matsudaira, Hew Choy Leong and T J Lam)
- Pharmacy and Pharmacy Education (1965–2015) (Go Mei Lin)
- The School of Computing (Leong Hon Wai, Chan Sing Chai, Hsu Loke Soo and Thio Hoe Tong)
- A New Garden of Science in Singapore: Science at Nanyang Technological University (Ling San)
- The Institute of Advanced Studies at Nanyang Technological University: Ten Years of Achievement (K K Phua)
- Research Centres and Institutes:
- Institute for Mathematical Sciences: A Dream Come True (Louis Chen)
- The Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS) — A Personal Account of its Founding (B T G Tan)
- CRISP — The Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (B T G Tan)
- The NUS Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI) (Seeram Ramakrishna, T Venkatesan and Andrew T S Wee)
- Two Decades of Quantum Information in Singapore (Kuldip Singh, Kwek Leong Chuan, Artur Ekert, Chan Chui Theng, Jenny Hogan and Evon Tan)
- 2D Materials (Andrew T S Wee, Kian Ping Loh and Antonio H Castro Neto)
- Development and Progress of Marine Biology in the Last 50 Years (L M Chou)
- Tropical Marine Science Institute (E A Taylor)
- The Mechanobiology Institute — Defining a New Field of Science (Steven John Wolf, Low Boon Chuan and Hew Choy Leong)
- Education and Museums:
- Mathematics Education in Singapore (1965–2015) (Lee Peng Yee)
- The Formation and Transformation of Science Centre Singapore (Lim Tit Meng)
- The Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (Kevin Y L Tan)
- Professional and Academic Societies:
- The Scientific Society Movement in Singapore (Leo Tan Wee Hin, Andrew T S Wee and R Subramaniam)
- Epilogue:
- Science in Singapore — The Next 50 Years (B T G Tan, H Lim and K K Phua)
- Index
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Series Editors
- Title
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Chapter 1 The Science Council and Singapore science in the ’60s and ’70s
- Chapter 2 R&D in Singapore — The Early Years of NSTB
- Chapter 3 Science, Technology and Open Innovation — The A*STAR Journey
- Chapter 4 National Research Foundation
- Chapter 5 The Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore — A Brief History
- Chapter 6 Department of Mathematics at Nanyang University (1956–1980)
- Chapter 7 Fifty Years of Mathematics in Singapore: A Personal Perspective
- Chapter 8 Physics at NUS
- Chapter 9 Department of Chemistry: A Historical Review
- Chapter 10 Department of Botany: Achievements and Progress through the Years
- Chapter 11 Department of Zoology: Past, Present and Future
- Chapter 12 Department of Biological Sciences
- Chapter 13 Pharmacy and Pharmacy Education (1965–2015)
- Chapter 14 The School of Computing
- Chapter 15 A New Garden of Science in Singapore: Science at Nanyang Technological University
- Chapter 16 The Institute of Advanced Studies at Nanyang Technological University: Ten Years of Achievement
- Chapter 17 Institute for Mathematical Sciences: A Dream Come True
- Chapter 18 The Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS) — A Personal Account of its Founding
- Chapter 19 CRISP — the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing
- Chapter 20 The NUS Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI)
- Chapter 21 Two Decades of Quantum Information in Singapore
- Chapter 22 2D Materials
- Chapter 23 Development and Progress of Marine Biology in the Last 50 Years
- Chapter 24 Tropical Marine Science Institute
- Chapter 25 The Mechanobiology Institute — Defining a New Field of Science
- Chapter 26 Mathematics Education in Singapore (1965–2015)
- Chapter 27 The Formation and Transformation of Science Centre Singapore
- Chapter 28 The Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
- Chapter 29 The Scientific Society Movement in Singapore
- Chapter 30 Science in Singapore — The Next 50 Years
- Index