The Harvard sampler : liberal education for the twenty-first century /

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From Harvard University, one of the world's preeminent institutions of liberal education, comes a collection of essays sampling topics at the forefront of academia in the twenty-first century. Written by faculty members at the cutting edge of their fields, including such luminaries as Steven Pi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Shephard, Jennifer M. (Editor), Kosslyn, Stephen Michael, 1948- (Editor), Hammonds, Evelynn Maxine (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Harvard University > Faculty.
Harvard University
Education, Humanistic.
Éducation humaniste.
EDUCATION > Aims & Objectives.
EDUCATION > Essays.
Education, Humanistic
Universities and colleges > Faculty
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Enhancing religious literacy in a liberal arts education through the study of Islam and Muslim societies / Ali S. Asani
  • American literature and the American environment : there never was an "is" without a "where" / Lawrence Buell
  • The Internet and Hieronymus Bosch : fear, protection, and liberty in cyberspace / Harry R. Lewis
  • Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution : pattern, process, and the evidence / Jonathan B. Losos
  • Global history for an era of globalization : an introduction / Charles S. Maier
  • Medical detectives / Karin B. Michels
  • The human mind / Steven Pinker
  • Securing human rights intellectually : philosophical inquiries about the universal declaration / Mathias Risse
  • What is morality? / T.M. Scanlon
  • Energy resources and the environment : a chapter on applied science / John H. Shaw
  • Interracial literature / Werner Sollors
  • "Pursuits of happiness" : dark threads in the history of the American revolution / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.

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