1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463810403321

Titolo

Tackling wicked government problems : a practical guide for developing enterprise leaders / / Jackson Nickerson, Ronald Sanders, editors ; Admiral Thad Allen [and fifteen others], contributors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : Brookings Institution Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-8157-2640-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Innovations in Leadership

Disciplina

352.30973

Soggetti

Government executives - United States

Administrative agencies - United States - Management

Executive departments - United States - Management

Interagency coordination - United States

Organizational effectiveness - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Paperback edition 2014"--T. p. verso.

Includes index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789722503321

Autore

Lipsius Justus <1547-1606.>

Titolo

Iusti Lipsii Saturnalium Sermonum libri duo, qui de gladiatoribus [[electronic resource] ] : Lipsius' Saturnaliengespräche, eine textkritische Ausgabe mit Übersetzung, Einführung und Anmerkungen / / herausgegeben von Andrea Steenbeek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-27057-9

9786613270573

90-04-20932-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (486 p.)

Collana

Brill's studies in intellectual history, , 0920-8607 ; ; v. 200

Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; ; v. 9

Altri autori (Persone)

SteenbeekAndrea

Disciplina

937

Soggetti

Gladiators

Rome Antiquities Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Latino

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Andrea Steenbeek -- Einführung / Andrea Steenbeek -- Kritische Edition IVSTI Lipsii Satvrnalivm Sermonvm Libri Dvo Qui de Gladiatoribvs Zwei Bücher Saturnaliengespräche, die über die Gladiatoren von Justus Lipsius IVSTI Lipsii Satvrnalivmsermonvm Liber I / Andrea Steenbeek -- IVSTI Lipsii Satvrnalivmsermonvm Liber II / Andrea Steenbeek -- Kommentar / Andrea Steenbeek -- Appendizes / Andrea Steenbeek -- Literaturverzeichnis / Andrea Steenbeek -- Deutsches Sachenregister / Andrea Steenbeek -- Lateinisches Sachenregister / Andrea Steenbeek -- Namenregister / Andrea Steenbeek -- Gladiatorenbenennungenregister und dergleichen mehr / Andrea Steenbeek -- Titelregister / Andrea Steenbeek -- Völkerregister / Andrea Steenbeek -- Orts- und Länderregister / Andrea Steenbeek.

Sommario/riassunto

Thema von Lipsius’ Saturnaliengespräche (1582) sind die Gladiatorenspiele. Alle Aspekte werden beleuchtet, zum Beispiel, welche Arten Gladiatoren es gab: da waren Kriminelle, aber auch hohe Beamte dabei, die – manchmal freiwillig – als Gladiatoren funktionierten. Die detaillierte Beschreibung schließt gut an bei seinen



anderen historiographischen Werken, wie De Amphitheatro (1584). Am Ende der Saturnaliengespräche steht eine schwungvolle Rede über die bewundernswerten Beständigkeit der Gladiatoren. Lipsius spricht in verschiedenen Briefen über sie als leuchtende Vorbilder. Das passt zu seinem Vorhaben, die Stoa von Neuem bekannt zu machen. Er hatte dabei Erfolg, denn seine stoische Lehre erhielt viel Zuhörerschaft. De Constantia , das er 1584 zum ersten Mal publizierte, erfuhr zahllose Auflagen und Übersetzungen. In his Saturnalian dialogues (1582), Lipsius describes all aspects of gladiatorial combat, for example, that a great variety of people – criminals but also highly placed officials – took part in the combats, sometimes as volunteers. This detailed description fits into Lipsius’ other historiographical works, such as De Amphitheatro , published in 1584. After an elaborate exposition about gladiators, in the last chapter of the Saturnalian dialogues he gives an impassioned speech about their admirable constancy despite extremely hard circumstances. In several letters, Lipsius also refers to gladiators as proper models to be imitated. His main aim, here and elsewhere, was the promotion of his Stoic ethic – a goal that would ultimately prove successful: De Constantia , first published in 1584, has gone through a large number of reprints, editions and translations.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910710029403321

Autore

Radebaugh Ray <1939->

Titolo

Electrocaloric refrigeration for superconductors / / Ray Radebaugh; J. D. Siegwarth; W. N. Lawless; A. J. Morrow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gaithersburg, MD : , : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, , 1977

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

NBSIR ; ; 76-847

Altri autori (Persone)

LawlessW. N

MorrowA. J

SiegwarthJ. D

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

1977.

Contributed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes.

Title from PDF title page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.