This 1999 book demonstrates a method for reading the texts of Aristotle by revealing a continuous line of argument running from the Physics to De Caelo. The author analyses a group of arguments that are almost always treated in isolation from one another, and reveals their elegance and coherence. She concludes by asking why these arguments remain interesting even though we now believe they are absolutely wrong and have been replaced by better ones. The book establishes the case that we must rethink our approach to Aristotle's physical science and Aristotelian texts, and as such will provoke debate and stimulate new thinking amongst philosophers, classicists, and historians of science.
This 1999 book demonstrates a method for reading the texts of Aristotle by revealing a continuous line of argument running from the Physics to De Caelo. The author analyses a group of arguments that are almost always treated in isolation from one another, and reveals their elegance and coherence. She concludes by asking why these arguments remain interesting even though we now believe they are absolutely wrong and have been replaced by better ones. The book establishes the case that we must rethink our approach to Aristotle's physical science and Aristotelian texts, and as such will provoke debate and stimulate new thinking amongst philosophers, classicists, and historians of science.
How do women make career choices? What difference does cultural or economic background make for a woman's career development? How do women's and men's career development patterns compare? In Diversity and Women's Career Development, Helen S. Farmer and her associates present a variety of perspectives on career development for women. Their analysis and discussion grow out of an extensive study that looked at high school students in 1980, and then followed up with them in 1990 and 1993. The data provide glimpses into influences on women's life choices and motivation, goals and obstacles to reaching them, and comparisons of women's and men's career development patterns. They also offer insights into differences among ethnic and socioeconomic groups, as well as the influence of family on career development. Using the rich, longitudinal quantitative and qualitative data from this study, the authors examine issues surrounding women's career development, specifically focusing on motivation and persistence among women in particular career paths, and among diverse groups of women. The authors also allow the subjects of the study to speak in their own voices, illustrating vividly the personal processes involved in their career decision-making. This book will expand and enrich the work of anyone interested in women's careers, the impact of ethnicity and family on career development, and how girls and young women approach making life choices. Human resource development professionals will also find it useful and illuminating.
This book considers the concepts that lay at the heart of natural philosophy and physics from the time of Aristotle until the fourteenth century. The first part presents Aristotelian ideas and the second part presents the interpretation of these ideas by Philoponus, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, John Buridan, and Duns Scotus.Across the eight chapters, the problems and texts from Aristotle that set the stage for European natural philosophy as it was practiced from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries are considered first as they appear in Aristotle and then as they are reconsidered in the context of later interests. The study concludes with an anticipation of Newton and the sense in which Aristotle's physics had been transformed.
Helen Siskavich Hossley grew up in a small mining town in Northern New York dreaming of a life of travel and adventure. In 1988, she throws caution to the wind, quits her food service job, packs the car and takes off with a friend on a seven month journey that involves downhill skis and a zigzag line through the Rocky Mountains. The dream journey is full of personal challenges, wild turns and unending fun. As the trip comes to a close, Helen receives a call from Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah about a long forgotten application she filled in for the National Park Service. She becomes an interpretive ranger and is proud to wear the iconic Park Service hat, but discovers that wearing it doesn't magically endow her with ranger instincts or abilities. As an easterner she is forced to learn the rules of the desert the hard way. Several times she finds herself dehydrated, on the verge of collapse and lost. But the land she comes to love teaches her and brings her breathtaking surprises as well. When her seasonal assignment ends, she finds herself asking, "Now What?" The question is answered by a powerful pull to be in Washington, D.C. where she becomes a ranger on The National Mall. This leads to more interesting adventures behind the scenes in the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials and the Washington Monument. And it finally leads to the romance of a lifetime. This is the engaging story of one woman's journey beyond single-minded independence and through fear to personal triumph.
Now in a fourth edition, Contemporary Topics expands on its highly respected approach to developing academic listening and study skills. Organized around realistic college lectures, the text guides learners through carefully sequenced activities in skills such as note-taking, focusing attention, intensive listening, and vocabulary building. It also helps students evaluate their interests and explore possible career paths.New to This EditionNew subject areas, presented as one-on-one academic lectures, emphasize professional applications such as software engineering, multimedia design, information technology, urban planning, and social psychology.Learning Outcomes listed at the outset of each unit let students know the goals of each unit and what their learning experience will be.New audio interviews with topic experts provide context for the upcoming unit lecture.Bottom-up listening and pronunciation exercises emphasize important principles and improve real-time perception.An oral presentation activity, supported by specific preparation and delivery strategies, concludes each unit and includes the opportunity for peer evaluation.Proficiency assessments composed of short academic audio lectures and multiple-choice exams simulate TOEFL-style test format for practice on high-stakes tests.New Essential Online Resources include audio, video, and teacher materials (assessments, teaching notes, answer keys, audioscripts, presentation points, and more).Other HighlightsCorpus vocabulary drawn from the Academic Word List ensures that students are exposed to core academic vocabulary.Collaborative activities with presentation strategies and peer evaluations allow students to make connections and develop critical thinking skills.Unit comprehension tests assess students' grasp of key concepts presented in the unit lecture.Mapped to the Global Scale of English.
Although shortlived, Lysimachus' Hellespontine empire foreshadowed those of Pergamum and Byzantium. Lund's book sets his actions significantly within the context of the volatile early Hellenistic world and views them as part of a continuum of imperial rule in Asia minor. She challenges the assumption that he was a vicious, but ultimately incompetent tyrant.
Although shortlived, Lysimachus' Hellespontine empire foreshadowed those of Pergamum and Byzantium. Lund's book sets his actions significantly within the context of the volatile early Hellenistic world and views them as part of a continuum of imperial rule in Asia minor. She challenges the assumption that he was a vicious, but ultimately incompetent tyrant.
This book provides a practical and pragmatic discussion of how to help nursing students make the transition from uncertain lay people to confident and competent novice professional nurses. By the same token the guidelines, suggestions, and strategies offered in this book will help an experienced nurse make the transition from nervous novice to confident and competent clinical instructor.
Courteous Travel, the Art of Sharing Space provides helpful tips to promote positive behavior while sharing space within public settings. Written for both young people and adults, the book consists of five chapters and is eighty pages in length. Courteous Travel, the Art of Sharing Space discusses the importance of civility and safety as citizens walk, ride, drive, or fly within the U.S.A and is written in an easy to read conversational style with occasional injects of light humor. Courteous Travel, the Art of Sharing Space is written by Helen S. Lawrence, PhD
Aspiring to his Pastor's congregational involvement campaigns, a ten year old boy selects a beautiful white candle to present during a segment of the Sunday evening's worship service. Such weekly events encouraged church youths for bringing forth offerings of a symbolic nature that might inspire the Pastor's message the following Sunday. Having carefully placed the candle within his "bag", the young boy attends the service and anxiously awaits his call to present his item of choice. The boy is confident that his choice of items for presentation to the Pastor, will surely guide thoughts in delivery of an object lesson in the following week's sermon.The boy's pulsing hopes are dashed when upon peering into and drawing the candle from his "bag", it is found as having been broken in a fall earlier that evening. The little boy's heartbreak and disappointment will surprisingly vanish the very next Sunday when the symbolic nature of the "broken candlle" provides the Pastor thoughts to one of his best spiritual lessons for the congregation as a whole.
"Thoughtful, intelligent, and probing--going beyond the stereotypes to get at some of the real issues for and experiences of women who are or could be leaders. . . . A wellspring of information--and inspiration--for women in all fields and at all levels."--Booklist"What is distinctive about Women of Influence, Women of Vision is the book's presentation of issues.... Astin and Leland show readers how the women in their sample share a passion for justice.... The narrative, at once unsentimental and celebratory, is remarkably affirming."--Contemporary Psychology"The interview material provides much suggestive data, the chronologies are useful, and the theoretical suggestions stimulating. A worthwhile addition to any library."--Choice"A book for students, for teachers, for scholars, and for any woman who wants to know how the struggles of individual women came to create what is collectively known in this country as the women's movement."--Ann W. Richards, former governor of Texas"Astin and Leland go beyond rhetoric and statistical compilations to actual hands-on experiences and accomplishments. . . . What the authors find bodes well for the future."--Clark Kerr, president emeritus, University of California"The single best book on women and leadership."--Warren Bennis, distinguished professor of business administration, University of Southern California, and author of Why Leaders Can't Lead and On Becoming a Leader
