Leading scientists from American universities have been enlisted by the Weizmann Institute’s new Department of Pure Mathematics. The most outstanding among the new scientists is Professor Samuel Karlin, from Stanford University who will head the department. He is an internationally known expert in theoretical population biology. Another senior member of the department is Professor I.N. Herstein, a specialist in algebra from the University of Chicago.
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