1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459702603321

Titolo

To make our world anew . Volume 2 A history of African Americans since 1880 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Robin D.G. Kelley and Earl Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-283-09826-1

9786613098269

0-19-983893-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (396 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KelleyRobin D. G

LewisEarl

Disciplina

973.0496

Soggetti

African Americans - Civil rights - History

African Americans - History

Electronic books.

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface to Volume Two; CHAPTER 1 Though Justice Sleeps: 1880-1900; CHAPTER 2 A Chance to Make Good: 1900-1929; CHAPTER 3 From a Raw Deal to a New Deal?: 1929-1945; CHAPTER 4 We Changed the World: 1945-1970; CHAPTER 5 Into the Fire: 1970 to the Present; Chronology; Further Reading; Picture Credits; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The two volumes of Kelley and Lewis's To Make Our World Anew integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of African American history, from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas, right up to today's black filmmakers and politicians. This second volume covers the crucial post-Reconstruction years and traces the migration of blacks to the major cities. It describes the remarkable birth of the Harlem Renaissance, the hardships of the Great Depression, and the service of African Americans in World War II. Readers with



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778400303321

Titolo

Springs of scientific creativity [[electronic resource] ] : essays on founders of modern science / / Rutherford Aris, H. Ted Davis, Roger H. Stuewer, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1983

ISBN

0-8166-5527-8

1-4356-0622-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ArisRutherford

DavisH. Ted (Howard Ted)

StuewerRoger H

Disciplina

509/.2/2

Soggetti

Physics - History

Physicists

Scientists

Creative ability in science

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. Galileo and Early Experimentation; Chapter 2. Newton's Development of the Principia; Chapter 3. The Origins and Consequences of Certain of J. P. Joule's Scientific Ideas; Chapter 4. Maxwell's Scientific Creativity; Chapter 5. The Scientific Style of Josiah Willard Gibbs; Chapter 6. Principal Scientific Contributions of John William Strutt, Third Baron Rayleigh; Chapter 7. Elmer Sperry and Adrian Leverkühn: A Comparison of Creative Styles; Chapter 8. Walther Nernst and the Application of Physics to Chemistry

Chapter 9. Albert Einstein and the Creative Act: The Case of Special RelativityChapter 10. Erwin Schrödinger and the Descriptive Tradition; Chapter 11. Michael Polanyi's Creativity in Chemistry; Chapter 12. The Role of John von Neumann in the Computer Field; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Springs of Scientific Creativity was first published in 1983. Mathematician Henri Poincaré was boarding a bus when he realized that the transformations of non-Euclidian geometry were just those he needed in his research on the theory of functions. He did not have to



interrupt his conversation, still less to verify the equation in detail; his insight was complete at that point. Poincaré's insight into his own creativity -- his awareness that preliminary cogitation and the working of the subconscious had prepared his mind for an intuitive flash of recognition -- is just one of many possible anal