1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786526103321

Titolo

Public universities and regional growth : insights from the University of California / / editors, Martin Kenney, David C. Mowery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Palo Alto : , : Stanford University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-8047-9142-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 pages)

Collana

Innovation and Technology in the World Economy

Altri autori (Persone)

KenneyMartin

MoweryDavid C

Disciplina

378.794

Soggetti

Public universities and colleges - Economic aspects - California

Academic-industrial collaboration - Economic aspects - California

Research - California

Economic development - California

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Contributor Biographies -- Chapter one. Introduction -- Chapter two. Semiconductor Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Three University of California Campuses -- Chapter three. The University of California and the Evolution of the Biotechnology Industry in San Diego and the San Francisco Bay Area -- Chapter four. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley and in the Silicon Valley -- Chapter five. Serendipity and Symbiosis UCSD and the Local Wireless Industry -- Chapter six. University in a Garage -- Chapter seven. “We Are Both Hosts” -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Public Universities and Regional Growth examines evolutions in research and innovation at six University of California campuses. Each chapter presents a deep, historical analysis that traces the dynamic interaction between particular campuses and regional firms in industries that range from biotechnology, scientific instruments, and semiconductors, to software, wine, and wireless technologies.The book provides a uniquely comprehensive and cohesive look at the University of California's complex relationships with regional entrepreneurs. As a leading public institution, the UC is an examplar for



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792089803321

Autore

Anastaplo George <1925->

Titolo

The Christian heritage [[electronic resource] ] : problems and prospects / / George Anastaplo; foreword by Martin E. Marty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2010

ISBN

0-7391-3599-6

9786612494536

1-282-49453-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (465 p.)

Disciplina

261

Soggetti

Christianity and culture

Christianity

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

Contents; Foreword; Prologue; Chapter One. The Triumph of Christianity; Chapter Two. Beowulf (521-800?); Chapter Three. Moses Maimonides (1135-1204); Chapter Four. Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274); Chapter Five. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321); Chapter Six. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375); Chapter Seven. Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400); Chapter Eight. Thomas More (1478-1535); Chapter Nine. Martin Luther (1483-1548); Chapter Ten. Michel Eÿquem de Montaigne (1533-1592); Chapter Eleven. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593); Chapter Twelve. Blaise Pascal (1623-1662); Chapter Thirteen. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Chapter Fourteen. Thomas Paine (1737-1809)Chapter Fifteen. Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860); Chapter Sixteen. Charles Darwin (1809-1882); Chapter Seventeen. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900); Chapter Eighteen. The Modern Greek Character and Islam; Chapter Nineteen. A Memo to Protestants; Chapter Twenty. Public Funds and Church-Sponsored Schools; Chapter Twenty-One. Reason versus Revelation, Reconsidered; Chapter Twenty-Two. The Legislation of Morality and the Law of Abortion; Chapter Twenty-Three. Animal Sacrifices and the Sacrifice of Morality; Chapter Twenty-Four. On Physician-Assisted Suicide

Chapter Twenty-Five. Mortality and Happiness Chapter Twenty-Six. The



Case for Israel; Epilogue; Appendix A. European Jews, Their ""Christian"" Neighbors, and the Holocaust (2000); Appendix B. On the Right to Live as a Beggar: Reflections by Moonlight (2001-2002); Appendix C. On Knowing Oneself: Projection is and Introspection (2003); Appendix D. On Facts and Theories: Lessons for Law Students from Ptolemy's Astronomy (2004); Appendix E. Christmas Stories (2004); Appendix F. Still Another Look at Taoism (2005); Appendix G. On the Apparent Knowability of the Good (2005)

Appendix H. On Properly Knowing Oneself (2006)Appendix I. Come, All Ye Faithful: St. John Chrysostom and the Meaning of Christmas (2006); Appendix J. An Academic Autobiography, by Way of Saint Thomas and Saint Ignatius (2008); Appendix K. Sruggles for the Soul of Christendom (2008); Appendix L. On Truly Knowing What One Is Trying to Do: The Mystery of Evil (2008); Appendix M. Glimpses of Leo Strauss, Jacob Klein, and St. John's College (2009); Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Christian Heritage delves into the history of the western Christian heritage. Challenges to the Christian heritage, a heritage nourished both by Judaism and by the western classics, have been stimulated by the very success of the way of life that is promoted, a way of life that is somehow responsible for the emergence of modern science with its revolutionary technology.