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UNINA9910781565603321 |
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Institute For Advanced Study |
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Titolo |
A community of scholars : impressions of the Institute for Advanced Study / / with photographs by Serge J-F. Levy |
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Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
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1-283-33978-1 |
9786613339782 |
1-4008-3979-3 |
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[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (129 pages) : illustrations |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Education |
Education, Higher |
Social sciences |
Universities and colleges - United States |
New Jersey Princeton |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Paradise for Scholars? / Goddard, Peter -- The Institute for Advanced Study -- Eighty Years On / Atiyah, Michael -- Historical Times / Kowalzig, Barbara -- Warmth amid the Cold / David, Chantal -- Unusual Business / Lepenies, Wolf -- Essential Exchanges / Fulcher, Jane F. -- Looking for Leaders / Dyson, Freeman -- Shaping Time / Moravec, Paul -- The Interlocutors / Scott, Joan Wallach -- Night Owls and Early Birds / Weinberg, David H. -- Index of Photographs -- Biographies |
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This beautifully illustrated anthology celebrates eighty years of history and intellectual inquiry at the Institute for Advanced Study, one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research. Featuring essays by current and former faculty and members along with photographs by Serge J-F. Levy, the book captures the spirit of curiosity, freedom, and comradeship that is a hallmark of this unique community of scholars. Founded in 1930 in Princeton, New Jersey, the institute encourages and supports fundamental research in the sciences and humanities--the original, often speculative thinking that can transform how we |
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understand our world. Albert Einstein was among the first in a long line of brilliant thinkers to be affiliated with the institute. They include Kurt Gödel, George Kennan, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Erwin Panofsky, Homer A. Thompson, John von Neumann, and Hermann Weyl. This volume offers an intimate portrait in words and images of a storied institution that might best be described as a true academic village. The personal reflections collected here--written by leading figures from across the disciplines--bring this exceptional academic institution and its history vibrantly to life. The contributors to this anthology are Michael Atiyah, Chantal David, Freeman Dyson, Jane F. Fulcher, Peter Goddard, Barbara Kowalzig, Wolf Lepenies, Paul Moravec, Joan Wallach Scott, and David H. Weinberg. |
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UNINA9910564688903321 |
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Advances in Geophysics, Tectonics and Petroleum Geosciences : Proceedings of the 2nd Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-2), Tunisia 2019 / / edited by Mustapha Meghraoui, Narasimman Sundararajan, Santanu Banerjee, Klaus-G. Hinzen, Mehdi Eshagh, François Roure, Helder I. Chaminé, Said Maouche, André Michard |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
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[1st ed. 2022.] |
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1 online resource (642 pages) |
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Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development, , 2522-8722 |
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Earth sciences |
Physical geography |
Natural disasters |
Geochemistry |
Geography |
Earth Sciences |
Earth System Sciences |
Natural Hazards |
Earth and Environmental Sciences |
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Tsunami hazard along the Eastern African coast from mega-earthquake sources in the Indian Ocean -- Preliminary tsunami hazard map of Africa -- The AD 365 Crete earthquake/tsunami impact in the Mediterranean region -- The AD 365 Alexandria (Egypt) tsunami revisited -- Seismotectonics of the Easternmost Cyprus Arc: Implications for Tsunami Hazard Assessment -- Seismic Hazard and Risk in Africa, a hidden hazard in an extreme vulnerable context -- Seismotectonics of the Khurutse Region, Botswana -- Kinematic and elastic modelling of fault-related-folds: A study from active structures of the Tell Atlas (Northern Algeria) -- Magmatic rifting and seismicity in Afar and northern Main Ethiopian Rift -- Architecture and evolution of the Kivu rift within the western branch of the East African rift system: Implications for seismic hazard assessment. |
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This edited book is based on the best papers accepted for presentation during the 2nd Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-2), Tunisia, in 2019. It is of interest to all researchers practicing geophysics/seismology, structural, and petroleum geology. With four sections spanning a large spectrum of geological and geophysical topics with particular reference to Middle East, Mediterranean region, and Africa, this book presents a series of research methods that are nowadays in use for measuring, quantifying, and analyzing several geological domains. It starts with a subsection dedicated to the latest research studies on seismic hazard and risk assessment in Africa presented during the 2019 IGCP-659 meeting organized alongside the CAJG-2. And, it includes new research studies on earthquake geodesy, seismotectonics, archeoseismology and active faulting, well logging methods, geodesy and exploration/theoretical geophysics, petroleum geochemistry,petroleum engineering, structural geology, basement architecture and potential data, tectonics and geodynamics, and thermicity, petroleum, and other georesources. The edited book gives insights into the fundamental questions that address the genesis and evolution of our planet, and this is based on data collection and experimental investigations under physical constitutive laws. These multidisciplinary approaches combined with the geodynamics of tectonic provinces and investigations of potential zones of natural resources (petroleum reservoirs) provide the basis for a more sustainability in the economic development. . |
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