Achievements of the National Plant Genome Initiative and new horizons in plant biology [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on the National Plant Genome Initiative: Achievements and Future Directions, Board on Life Sciences, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782901203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2008
• ISBN: 0-309-13421-8; 1-281-30018-7; 9786611300180; 0-309-11419-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (182 p.)
• Disciplina: 572.862
• Soggetti: Plant genomes; Human-plant relationships
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Assessment""; ""3 Recommendations and Goals: New Horizons in Plant Genomics""; ""Glossary""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""A: Committee Biographies""; ""B: Publications in Genomics of the Top 40 Most-Cultivated Crops""; ""C: Questionnaire to Lead Principal Investigators of NPGI Grants""; ""D: Workshop on the National Plant Genome Initiative (Agenda)""; ""E: Summary of Grants Given by the National Plant Genome Initiative""; ""F: List of Websites That Lead Principal Investigators of NPGI Grants Reported as the Top Five Websites Used for NPGI Research""""G: Impact Factor of Journals in Which Awardees of NPGI Grants Published Their Articles""; ""H: NPGI-Funded K-12 Outreach Activities with Broad Potential Impact""; ""I: Examples of Joint Call for Proposals and Co-funded Programs by IWG Members""; ""J: Examples of Interactions with ; Industry and Plant Breeders Reported by Principal Investigators of NPGI""; ""K: Tree Genomics or Molecular Genetics Support Provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service""; ""L: Number and Type of Mutants Distributed by the National Plant Germplasm System""

The social contract [[electronic resource] ] : and, The first and second discourses / / Jean-Jacques Rousseau ; edited and with an introduction by Susan Dunn ; with essays by Gita May ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777846703321
• Autore: Rousseau Jean-Jacques <1712-1778.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2002
• ISBN: 1-281-73024-6; 9786611730246; 0-300-12943-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Collana: Rethinking the Western tradition
• Altri autori (Persone): DunnSusan <1945->; MayGita
• Disciplina: 320/.01
• Soggetti: Political science; Social contract; Civilization
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Rousseau's Political Triptych -- Chronology of Rousseau's Life -- Rousseau, Cultural Critic
• Sommario/riassunto: Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ideas about society, culture, and government are pivotal in the history of political thought. His works are as controversial as they are relevant today. This volume brings together three of Rousseau's most important political writings-The Social Contract and The First Discourse (Discourse on the Sciences and Arts) and The Second Discourse (Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality)-and presents essays by major scholars that shed light on the dimensions and implications of these texts. Susan Dunn's introductory essay underlines the unity of Rousseau's political thought ; and explains why his ideas influenced Jacobin revolutionaries in France but repelled American revolutionaries across the ocean. Gita May's essay discusses Rousseau as cultural critic. Robert N. Bellah explores Rousseau's attempt to resolve the tension between the individual's desire for freedom and the obligations that society imposes. David Bromwich analyzes Rousseau as a psychologist of the human self. And Conor Cruise O'Brien takes on the "noxious," "deranged" Rousseau, excoriated by Edmund Burke but admired by Robespierre and Thomas Jefferson. Written from different, even opposing perspectives, these lucid essays convey a sense of the vital and contentious debate surrounding Rousseau and his legacy. For this edition Susan Dunn has provided a new translation of the Discourse on the Sciences and Arts and has revised a previously published translation of The Social Contract.