China Taiwan MIT Penn Professor Yu Hsiu Ku Engineering Math Buddhism Book 1971

Description: COLLECTED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS of PROFESSOR YU HSIU KU To Commemorate The Seventieth Birthday of Professor Yu Hsiu Ku Congratulatory Message by Shu Shien-siu, Chien Shih-liang, Yen Chen-hsing, and Choong Kow-kwong Forward by George C. Shu Published by National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (CHINA), cr 1971 Presumed First Edition THICK & HEAVY 1,206+ pages Please See Pics ... Yu Hsiu Ku, (1902 – 2002) was a Chinese Academic and Polymath. He was one of the first Chinese people to earn a Doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and he worked for many years as a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Ku made contributions to Chinese Literature, Poetry, and Music ... as well as to the fields of Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics ... and also to the history of Zen Buddhism. He became the President of two major Chinese universities, National Central University (1944-1945), and National Chengchi University (1947-1949) ... he also helped found the predecessor institutions of the Chinese Central Conservatory of Music, and Shanghai Theatre Academy. Politically, Ku served as China's Deputy Minister of Education (1938-1944), and later became the first Taiwanese government official to visit the Soviet Union. Ku became a Fellow of the predecessor societies to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which later awarded him its Lamme Medal, and Third Millennium Medal. The IEEE/CSEE Yu-Hsiu Ku Electrical Engineering Award is named in his honor, and a museum dedicated to his accomplishments stands at his ancestral home in Wuxi.Includes the following Extras ... 3-page List of Sponsors For The Publication.Biographical Notes on Professor KuAppendix: List of Scientific PapersIndex Illustrated Throughout with Mathematical & Scientific Drawings and Formulae. Burgundy Cloth Hardcover with Cover & Spine Gilt Lettering shows minor to moderate cover, edge, spine, and point wear/soiling/dulling ... No Dust Jacket, as Issued ... Interior faetures an approximate dozen or so instances of crease/crinkle, but otherwise the gracefully aging/tanning pages remain surprisingly Crisp & Clean. Thank You for Your Interest ... All Questions Answered. NOTE ... Standard Shipping via USPS Media Mail with Tracking Included.

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