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Powerpoint At 20: Back To Basics, Robert Gaskins Dec 2007

Powerpoint At 20: Back To Basics, Robert Gaskins

Robert Gaskins

Let simplicity inspire, and resist the lure of unreadable fonts, stock clip art, sound effects, and flying bullet points.


Review Of Monte Ransome Johnson's Aristotle On Teleology, Devin Henry Jan 2007

Review Of Monte Ransome Johnson's Aristotle On Teleology, Devin Henry

Devin Henry

No abstract provided.


Trauma And Sexual Inversion, Circa 1885: Oliver Wendell Holmes's A Mortal Antipathy And Maladies Of Representation, Randall Knoper Jan 2007

Trauma And Sexual Inversion, Circa 1885: Oliver Wendell Holmes's A Mortal Antipathy And Maladies Of Representation, Randall Knoper

Randall Knoper

No abstract provided.


The Historical Sociology Of Muslim Societies Khaldunian Applications, Syed Farid Alatas Jan 2007

The Historical Sociology Of Muslim Societies Khaldunian Applications, Syed Farid Alatas

farid alatas

This article argues that the theoretical perspective on the rise and decline of states developed by 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn Khaldiin (723-808 AH/1332-1406 AD) should not be confined to historical interest but is of relevance for the study of various aspects of the history of Muslim societies. The reasons for the relative neglect or mar- ginalization of Ibn Khaldun as a source of theory to be applied to definite historical empirical situations is partly due to the predominance of Eurocentrism in the social sciences. The manner in which Eurocentrism has defined Khaldunian studies is dis- cussed, but the main focus of …


Формирование Государственной Политики В Отношении Науки И Высшей Школы Во Второй Половине 30-Х Годов Xx Века, Leonid G. Berlyavskiy Jan 2007

Формирование Государственной Политики В Отношении Науки И Высшей Школы Во Второй Половине 30-Х Годов Xx Века, Leonid G. Berlyavskiy

Leonid G. Berlyavskiy

The Stalin scientific policy of second half 30th years was orientated on formation of the Soviet science as an element of mobilisation social and economic model that assumed: strengthening of command control system by scientific activity, nationalisation of all without an exception of elements of system of the organisation of science, priority of the texnocratic approach, applied science over fundamental, high degree of submission to control to machinery of state is social-humanities, Marxism as scientific methodology, the statement of scientific monopolism, science vulgarization - its simplification on purpose to make accessible to broad masses, admissibility of intervention of political management …


[Review] Chrysalis Maria Sybilla Merian And The Secrets Of Metamorphosis. Kim Todd (2007), Enrique Wulff Jan 2007

[Review] Chrysalis Maria Sybilla Merian And The Secrets Of Metamorphosis. Kim Todd (2007), Enrique Wulff

Enrique Wulff

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Pham Van Dong, Brian D. Behnken Jan 2007

Pham Van Dong, Brian D. Behnken

Brian D. Behnken

Vietnamese nationalist revolutionary, founder of the Viet Minh, premier of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV, North Vietnam) during 1950-1975, and prime minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) during 1975-1987. Born in Quang Ngai Province on 1 March 1906, Pham Van Dong became active in nationalist and communist politics as a teenager. Like many other Vietnamese revolutionaries, he spent eight years in prison for his anti-French stance. In 1930 he helped found the Indochinese Communist Party.


Le Duc Tho, Brian D. Behnken Jan 2007

Le Duc Tho, Brian D. Behnken

Brian D. Behnken

Vietnamese revolutionary, member of the Vietnamese Communist Party's Political Bureau, and chief negotiator at the Paris Peace Talks. Le Due Tho was born Phan Dinh Khai in Nam Ha Province on 14 October 1911. He became active in communist political circles at a young age and in 1930 helped found the Indochinese Communist Party (ICP). During the 1930s he spent nearly a decade in prison for his anti-French political activities. In 1945 he helped form the nationalist Viet Minh organization with Ho Chi Minh and from the late 1950s largely directed the war in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, South …


A Brief History Of Oyster Aquaculture In Rhode Island, Michael A. Rice Dec 2006

A Brief History Of Oyster Aquaculture In Rhode Island, Michael A. Rice

Michael A Rice

No abstract provided.


How Sexist Is Aristotle's Developmental Biology?, Devin Henry Dec 2006

How Sexist Is Aristotle's Developmental Biology?, Devin Henry

Devin Henry

No abstract provided.