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100 inspiring Rafflesians, 1823-2003 /
This proceedings volume contains results presented at the Sixth International Workshop on Data Analysis in Astronomy - "Modeling and Simulation in Science" held on April 15-22, 2007, at the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Center for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy. Recent progress and new...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Jersey :
World Scientific,
©2008.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Abdul Jamil bin Haji Ahmad: Malaysia's Lieutenant-General
- Zaibedah Ahmad: first career woman ambassador
- V. Ambiavagar: a thoroughbred Rafflesian
- Johnny Ang: a disabled artist
- Ang Swee Chai: doctor defies death to save lives
- Edmund William Barker: the 'Cambridge blue' minister
- Cham Tao Soon: of rabbits and fish head curry
- Michael Chan Chew Koon: Lord Chan of Oxton
- Alan Chan Heng Loon: the best of both worlds
- Kit Chan: a star is born
- Betty Chen: like mother like daughter
- Bertie Cheng: Mr POSB
- Chia Boon Leong: twinkletoes
- Claire Chiang: a woman of many parts
- Choor Singh: from charpoy to the bench
- Chua Kim Yeow: Mr Accountant-General
- Lionel Cresson
- Ridzwan bin Haji Dzafir: pioneering industrialist
- Goh Chok Tong: second Prime Minister
- Goh Choo San: world famous dancer and choreographer
- Euleen Goh: on top of the banking world
- Han Fook Kwang: newspaper editor
- Albert Hong Hin Kay: of bricks and mortar
- Yusof Ishak: Singapore's First President
- S. Jayakumar: judicious Deputy Prime Minister
- Hijjas Kasturi: the architect in nation building
- Khoo Kay Chai: the student's principal
- Khoo Tee Chuan: from Bukom to Lumut
- Kiang Ai Kim: of chemistry and longevity
- Kirpa Ram Vij: Chief of Armed Forces
- Koh Chai Hong: the sky's the limit
- Stella Kon: international playwright
- Kwan Sai Kheong: the westernised oriental gentleman
- Kwek Siew Jin: Chief of the Navy
- Lee Kuan Yew: founding father
- Lee Siow Mong: the Chinese Mandarin
- Lee Suet Fern: of mergers and acquisitions
- Leong Cheng Chit: paper wizard
- Lim Boon Keng: rags to riches
- Lim Bo Seng: nationalist and patriot
- Carmee Lim: the chatek queen
- Lim Chin Beng: reach for the sky
- Lim Hng Kiang: a nuts and bolts Minister
- Lim Hsiu Mei: the girl who guides
- Lim Kim Choon: have wings, will fly
- Lim Kok Ann: of medicine and chess
- Lim Neo Chian: an extraordinary soldier
- Lim Pin: descending the ivory tower
- Lim Soo Hoon: first woman Permanent Secretary
- Lim Yew Hock: from clerk to Chief Minister
- Low Boon Chye: NCAR astrophysicist
- David Marshall: first Chief Minister
- Ernest Steven Monteiro: pioneer in preventive medicine
- Mohamed Javad Namazie: a Persian in Malacca Street
- Noel Evelyn Norris: veteran educator
- George Oehlers: Mr Speaker
- Mae Noleen Oehlers: a true blue Rafflesian
- Mohamed Taib bin Osman: pioneer of Pantai Valley
- Indra Padmanathan: World Bank specialist
- Pang Eng Fong: enigmatic academic and diplomat
- Phay Seng Whatt: guardian of the civil service
- Judith Prakash: the lady is a judge
- A.P. Rajah: an honourable man
- Quah Kim Song: deadly striker
- S. Rajaratnam: author of national pledge
- Zainul Abidin Rasheed: Mr Mayor
- T. Kanaga Sabapathy: international art historian
- V. Sadasivan: television personality
- Rosie Seow: pioneering stage actress
- Benjamin Henry Sheares: father of obstetrics and gynaecology
- Shi Ming Yi: the monk who came in from the cold
- Siow Lee Chin: world-renowned violinist
- Soh Ghee Soon: father of amateur football
- Robert Solomon: the Methodist Bishop
- Song Ong Siang: Queen's Scholar
- Su Guaning: a farewell to arms
- Leaena Tambyah: the play's the thing
- Tan Cheng Bock: taking the nation's pulse
- Tan Cheng Lock: father of the Malayan Chinese
- Tan Eng Liang: scholar and Olympian
- Tan Eng Yoon: fastest man wins
- Tan Hwee Hock: water polo gold medallist
- Tan Lian Ann: chess prodigy
- William Tan Kian Meng: impacting lives beyond the wheelchair
- Margaret Leng Tan: the toy piano
- Tan Swan Beng: PWD Director-General
- Willie Tann Boon Guan: poker king of Europe
- Abdullah Tarmugi: the Speaker speaks out
- Alice Tay Erh Soon: law professor and human rights champion
- Tee Tua Ba: top cop held at gunpoint
- Teng Pei Wah: first woman Olympian
- Teo Ah Hong: first woman pilot
- N. Varaprasad: National Library Chief
- Wee Kim Wee: the people's President
- Othman Wok: a witness to end of empire
- Francis Wong Tze Kan: the consummate journalist
- Jackie Yi-Ru Ying: pioneer in bioengineering and nanotechnology
- Emma Yong: Dim Sum Dolly
- Diana Young: high flying entrepreneur
- Yu Chun Yee : straddling two cultures.