Karl Gustafson

The book The Crossing of Heaven: Memoirs of a Mathematician (Springer) written by Boulder resident and CU professor Karl Gustafson (ApMath, Fin’58) is a memoir that includes espionage, his early pioneering work in computing and encounters with Nobel laureates. Karl’s work in top-secret military intelligence included tracking Russian submarines, intercepting electronic intelligence and writing software for the world’s first spy satellite. He is author of six graduate-level text books and more than 270 published papers.