The authenticity of the rhesus of Euripides / by William Ritchie

• Record Nr.: UNINA990004773420403321
• Autore: Ritchie, William
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1964
• Descrizione fisica: VIII, 384 p. ; 23 cm
• Locazione: FLFBC
• Collocazione: V <B> 55
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

China's scientific elite [[electronic resource] /] / Cong Cao

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783605103321
• Autore: Cao Cong <1959->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004
• ISBN: 1-134-33729-9; 0-203-68318-8; 1-280-03735-0; 9786610037353; 0-203-39060-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 p.)
• Collana: RoutledgeCurzon studies on China in transition ; ; 21
• Classificazione: 71.30
• Disciplina: 306.450951; 331.7/615/0951; 331.76150951
• Soggetti: Science - Social aspects - China; Scientists - China; Elite (Social sciences) - China; China Intellectual life 1976-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-249) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; CHINA'S SCIENTIFIC ELITE; ROUTLEDGECURZON STUDIES ON CHINA IN TRANSITION; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 China's science in perspective; 3 The evolution of an academic honor; 4 Social origins; 5 The influence of elite mentors on students; 6 The characteristics of research and becoming elite; 7 "Red" or "Expert"; 8 Elections of scientists into the elite group; 9 Toward a better understanding of China's scientific elite; Appendix: interviewing China's scientific elite; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: China's Scientific Elite is a study of those scientists holding China's highest academic honour - membership of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Having carried out extensive systematic data collection of CAS members Cao examines the social stratification system of the Chinese science community and the way in which politics and political interference has effected the stratification. The book then goes on to compare the Chinese system to the stratification of the US scientific elite. The conclusions are fascinating, not least because one national elite resides in a democratic liberal so