1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990006058450403321

Autore

Muther, Theodor

Titolo

Die Reform des juristischen Unterrichtes Eine academische Antrittsvorlesung / von T. Muther

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weimar : Hermann Bohlau, 1873

Descrizione fisica

23 p. ; 20 cm

Disciplina

344

Locazione

FGBC

Collocazione

BUSTA 16 (11) 7

Lingua di pubblicazione

Non definito

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910660307503321

Titolo

The best Australian science writing 2012 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Elizabeth Finkel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, : NewSouth Pub., 2012

ISBN

1-74224-619-2

1-74224-129-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

A NewSouth book

Altri autori (Persone)

FinkelElizabeth

Disciplina

500

808

Soggetti

Technical writing - Australia

Communication in science - Australia

Science in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Shortlist""; ""Judges ""; ""Advisory panel""; ""Contributors""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""GATEWAY TO HEAVEN: Wilson da Silva""; ""NEUTRINOS AND THE SPEED OF LIGHT...NOT SO FAST: Jonathan Carroll""; ""BLANK CANVAS: Corey Butler""; ""UNDER THE HOOD OF THE UNIVERSE: Margaret Wertheim""; ""THE ILL-EFFECTS OF QUACKERY V SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE: Cassandra Wilkinson""; ""A HERO'S LEGEND AND A STOLEN SKULL RUSTLE UP A DNA DRAMA: Christine Kenneally""; ""THE RISE AND FALL OF INFANT REFLUX: Pamela Douglas""; ""EARTHQUAKES: WHEN THE WORLD MOVES: Emma Young""

""SEVEN BILLION REASONS TO BE A FEMINIST: Rob Brooks""""BALANCING ACT: Adrian Hyland""; ""UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Frank Bowden""; ""WHY CLEVER PEOPLE BELIEVE IN SILLY THINGS: Craig Cormick""; ""PAINTING THE RAINFORESTS REDD: William Laurance""; ""THE EVOLUTION OF THE INADEQUATE MODERN MALE: Peter McAllister""; ""A WEE SOLUTION: Lachlan Bolton""; ""DIAMOND PLANETS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD: Matthew Bailes""; ""STORM FRONT: Jo Chandler""; ""I WANT TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES WHEN I GROW UP (AND SO SHOULD YOU): Michael Kasumovic""; ""LICENCE TO HEAL: lNick Miller""

""SECRET LIFE OF ENCELADUS: Richard A. Lovett""""THE ROACH'S SECRET: Wendy Zukerman""; ""AUSTRALIA IN 2050: Julian Cribb""; ""DOCTOR'S ORDERS: DEBUNKING HOMEOPATHY ONCE AND FOR ALL: Ian Musgrave""; ""THE AUSSIE MOZZIE POSSE: Ashley Hay""; ""LIFE IN LAKE VOSTOK? THE LINK BETWEEN ANTARCTICA AND EXTRA-TERRESTRIALS: Helen Maynard-Casely""; ""THE DOCTOR IS IN: Ranjana Srivastava""; ""A dream of goldfinchesVanessa Mickan""; ""Acknowledgments""

Sommario/riassunto

How were Ned Kelly's bones finally identified? What makes cockroaches some of the most successful creatures on the planet? Could some obscure bacteria finally rid the world of dengue fever? How did infant reflux become the disease of the moment? Why does the discovery of a planet made of one huge diamond cause so much media excitement? And do video games really rot children's brains? From the furthest reaches of the universe to the microscopic world of our genes, science offers writers the kind of scope other subjects simply can't match. Good writing about science can be moving, funny, exhilar