Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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GGVERNIVIENT Cynthia M. Hamilton Carroll F. Miles, chairperson A.B. Seton Hall M.A. Catholic University M.P.A., Ph.D. Harvard University The Department of Government is a microcosm of the broader political society. It exists in an environment of politics, it makes political decisions in the broadest sense, its students work in the world of politics, think about that world and leave here to shape that world as citizens or practitioners of politics. Some become lawyers, some bureaucrats, and all become cit- izens. Roy M. Tollefson

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'Ha ,r MATHEMATICS l 'l A l 5 WK Robert N. Goldman 1 13, T? 2 1 William D. Novak David Browder, chairperson B.A. Amherst College 119665 M.A. University of Oregon 119685 Ph.D. University of Oregon 119715 A mathematical object of study can be thought of as a microcosm, a small world, in which there is logical struc- ture and consistency, and which might well function as a model of some aspect of reality. Manipulat- ing the model lthe microcosm5 is far less cumbersome, or risky, than ma- nipulating the real world. To decide whether each guest will have a place Q33 ax E . at the table, one need only count the guests and count the places rather than actually conducting an empirical test. ln addition to its applicability, a mathematical microcosm can have its own appeal, its own fascination. It can seem to continually defy description and analysis only to yield to an unex- pected inspiration. Daniel F. O'Reilly John C. Garberson