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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450319303321

Titolo

Finding global balance [[electronic resource] ] : common ground between the worlds of development and faith / / [edited by] Katherine Marshall and Lucy Keough

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2005

ISBN

1-280-16892-7

9786610168927

0-8213-6248-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MarshallKatherine <1947->

KeoughLucy

Disciplina

201/.73

Soggetti

Church and social problems

Economic assistance

Economic development

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Book comes out of the fourth meeting of faith and development leaders held January 31-February 1, 2005 in Dublin, Ireland"--Ack.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Greetings; Preface; Preamble; Opening Remarks; 1. The Many Dimensions of Equity; BOXES; 2. Tsunami Realities, Aftermath, and Lessons; 3. HIV/AIDS: Morality, Ethics, and Practical Paths; 4. Voiceless Majorities: Women and Youth; TABLES; 5. Roots of Conflict, Branches of Peace; 6. The Way Forward; Participants in the Dublin Meeting; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Selected Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

This book relates the latest chapter in the story of a remarkable partnership between the worlds of faith and development, launched in 1998 by Jim Wolfensohn and then Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, when they convened a meeting of faith and development leaders in Lambeth Palace. The intervening years have seen the growth and enhancement of a network of world faith and development leaders who share a common passion to eradicate global poverty, extend social justice and ensure global security for all of the world's people.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781827703321

Autore

Pickover Clifford A

Titolo

Archimedes to Hawking [[electronic resource] ] : laws of science and the great minds behind them / / Clifford A. Pickover

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-19-773205-4

0-19-979268-2

1-281-34230-0

9786611342302

0-19-971452-5

1-4356-4213-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (529 p.)

Disciplina

509.2/2

B

Soggetti

Physical laws - History

Science - Methodology - History

Science - Philosophy - History

Scientists

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

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION AND BACKDROP; 250 B.C.-1700 A.D.; 1700-1800; 1800-1900; 1900 AND BEYOND; THE GREAT CONTENDERS; FINAL COMMENTS ON THE BEAUTY OF MATHEMATICS IN SCIENCE; References; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Archimedes to Hawking takes the reader on a journey across the centuries as it explores the eponymous physical laws--from Archimedes' Law of Buoyancy and Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and Hubble's Law of Cosmic Expansion--whose ramifications have profoundly altered our everyday lives and our understanding of the universe. Throughout this



fascinating book, Clifford Pickover invites us to share in the amazing adventures of brilliant, quirky, and passionate people after whom these laws are named. These lawgivers turn out to be a fascinating, diverse, and