Temple University
Author: James Hilty
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2010-07
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 1439900213
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA celebration of Temple University's 125th Anniversary.
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Blam
Author: Sheena C. Howard
Publisher:
Published: 2021-05-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781737292807
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA high schooler bitten by a radioactive spider. A mighty Amazon wielding a lasso of truth. An African king imbued with a panther's essence. With decades of rich storytelling married to vibrant artwork, there is a reason the characters from comic books and graphic novels have become staples of popular culture. But sometimes the most dramatic, compelling characters are those from the pages of history, their only powers borne of humanity and moral clarity. Such was the case when an 18-year- old John Lewis arrived at college and came across Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story, a comic book that told Dr. King's origin story and extolled the virtues of nonviolent resistance.Now, the graphic novel Black Lives Always Mattered! (BLAM!) has a chance to have a similarly inspirational effect on tomorrow's leaders by breathing life into the stories of some of Philadelphia's most influential African Americans of the 20th century like W.E.B. Du Bois, Marian Anderson, and Alain Locke. Temple University's Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection and The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage are distributing BLAM! free of cost to high school students in The School District of Philadelphia. There is no greater gift we can give to the next generation than education.
Current Assessment Activities
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHandbook of Data Visualization
Author: Chun-houh Chen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2007-12-18
Total Pages: 932
ISBN-13: 3540330372
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVisualizing the data is an essential part of any data analysis. Modern computing developments have led to big improvements in graphic capabilities and there are many new possibilities for data displays. This book gives an overview of modern data visualization methods, both in theory and practice. It details modern graphical tools such as mosaic plots, parallel coordinate plots, and linked views. Coverage also examines graphical methodology for particular areas of statistics, for example Bayesian analysis, genomic data and cluster analysis, as well software for graphics.
The Physical University
Author: Paul Temple
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-03-21
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 1317802527
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe great universities of the world are to a large extent defined in the public imagination by their physical form: when people think of a university, they usually think of a distinctive place, rather than about say the teaching or the research that might go on there. This is understandable, both because universities usually stay rooted to the same spot over the centuries; and because their physical forms may send powerful messages about the kind of places they are. The physical form of the university, and how the spaces within it become transformed by their users into places which hold meanings for them, has become of increased interest recently from both academic and institutional management perspectives, when trying to understand more about how universities work, and how they may be made more effective. Yet, despite its seemingly obvious importance, the available literature on space and place in higher education internationally is scant when compared to that dealing with, say, teaching and learning methods, or with evaluating quality, or many other topics. This book brings together a range of academic and professional perspectives on university spaces and places, and show how technical matters of building design, maintenance and use interact with academic considerations on the goals of the university. Space issues are located at an intellectual crossroads, where widely differing conceptual and professional perspectives meet, and need to be integrated and this important book brings together perspectives from around the world to show design and use issues are changing Higher Education.. Globally, higher education is being required to do more things – to teach more students, to be better at research, to engage more with business and communities; and many other things. These pressures are leading universities to reconsider their management processes, as well as their academic structures: an often-quoted saying is that "we make our buildings, and afterwards they make us". At a time when universities and colleges are seeking competitive advantages, ideas and analysis about space design and use is much needed and will be well-received.
Wanamaker's Temple
Author: Nicole C. Kirk
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2018-10-23
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 1479807311
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow a pioneering merchant blended religion and business to create a unique American shopping experience On Christmas Eve, 1911, John Wanamaker stood in the middle of his elaborately decorated department store building in Philadelphia as shoppers milled around him picking up last minute Christmas presents. On that night, as for years to come, the store was filled with the sound of Christmas carols sung by thousands of shoppers, accompanied by the store’s Great Organ. Wanamaker recalled that moment in his diary, “I said to myself that I was in a temple,” a sentiment quite possibly shared by the thousands who thronged the store that night. Remembered for his store’s extravagant holiday decorations and displays, Wanamaker built one of the largest retailing businesses in the world and helped to define the American retail shopping experience. From the freedom to browse without purchase and the institution of one price for all customers to generous return policies, he helped to implement retailing conventions that continue to define American retail to this day. Wanamaker was also a leading Christian leader, participating in the major Protestant moral reform movements from his youth until his death in 1922. But most notably, he found ways to bring his religious commitments into the life of his store. He focused on the religious and moral development of his employees, developing training programs and summer camps to build their character, while among his clientele he sought to cultivate a Christian morality through decorum and taste. Wanamaker’s Temple examines how and why Wanamaker blended business and religion in his Philadelphia store, offering a historical exploration of the relationships between religion, commerce, and urban life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and illuminating how they merged in unexpected and public ways. Wanamaker's marriage of religion and retail had a pivotal role in the way American Protestantism was expressed and shaped in American life, and opened a new door for the intertwining of personal values with public commerce.
Impostors in the Temple
Author: Martin Anderson
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 264
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Impostors in the Temple is a hard-hitting, eye-opening book about the decaying moral and intellectual state of American universities and colleges today--about why things have gone so wrong, and what we can do to set them right." "The university is the intellectual engine of America. It is here future leaders are trained, national policy is framed, and standards for our huge educational infrastructure are established. Yet today, despite the staggering costs of a college education, our institutions are not making the grade. The fault lies not with the students, who are brighter than ever, but with the faculties, administrations, and trustees into whose hands we deliver our best young minds." "Martin Anderson--domestic policy adviser to two presidents and himself a member of the academic establishment for over three decades--takes American academics to task in this stirring book, sure to be hailed for its scope and clarity. Cutting through political excuses that have gone awry, Anderson addresses the simpler, unuttered truths: how irrelevant the work of our intellectals has become; how corrupt practices are rampant in our universities; how academic elitism has destroyed academic integrity; how too many of our professors are not qualified to teach; how too often it is not professors but students who are relegated to do the teaching; how trustees and administrators are shunning responsibility and looking the other way; and how, by accepting the status quo, Americans are mortgaging their children's educational futures." "In clear, vivid prose, Anderson names names, marshals statistics, turns conventional wisdom on its ear, and makes us understand how serious things have become. More important, he offers us dramatic solutions." "As provocative as Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind and Dinesh D'Souza's Illiberal Education, Martin Anderson's Impostors in the Temple is sure to raise hackles, spur debate, and fire our imaginations on how to revitalize an American community that processes millions of our young at so steep a cost."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Temple of Jerusalem
Author: Simon Goldhill
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2011-10-15
Total Pages: 205
ISBN-13: 0674061896
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDestroyed nearly 2000 years ago, the Temple of Jerusalem—cultural memory, symbol, and site—remains one of the most powerful, and most contested, buildings in the world. This structure, imagined and re-imagined, reconsidered and reinterpreted over two millennia, emerges in all its historical, cultural, and religious significance in this account.
Temple of Science
Author: John Holmes
Publisher:
Published: 2020-10-23
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781851245567
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBuilt between 1855 and 1860, Oxford University Museum of Natural History is the extraordinary result of close collaboration between artists and scientists. Inspired by John Ruskin, the architect Benjamin Woodward and the Oxford scientists worked with leading Pre-Raphaelite artists on the design and decoration of the building. The decorative art was modelled on the Pre-Raphaelite principle of meticulous observation of nature, itself indebted to science, while individual artists designed architectural details and carved portrait statues of influential scientists. The entire structure was an experiment in using architecture and art to communicate natural history, modern science and natural theology. 'Temple of Science' sets out the history of the campaign to build the museum before taking the reader on a tour of art in the museum itself. It looks at the façade and the central court, with their beautiful natural history carvings and marble columns illustrating different geological strata, and at the pantheon of scientists. Together they form the world's finest collection of Pre-Raphaelite sculpture. The story of one of the most remarkable collaborations between scientists and artists in European art is told here with lavish illustrations.
Chinese Contract Law
Author: Mo Zhang
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9004150412
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume presents a well-analyzed inside view of Chinese contract law in theory and practice, which will be of interest to both academic researchers and practitioners in this area.
