1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480809503321

Autore

Jung Paul <1969->

Titolo

Getting in [[electronic resource] ] : how not to apply to medical school / / Paul Jung

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2000

ISBN

1-4522-2029-8

0-7619-1756-X

1-4522-2160-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Collana

Medical student survival series

Disciplina

378.198

610.71173

Soggetti

Medical colleges - United States - Entrance requirements

Medical colleges - United States - Admission

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I - Preparation Is Everything; Chapter 1 - First Principles; Chapter 2 - Do You Hate Biology?; Chapter 3 - Candy Striper?; Chapter 4 - Researcher or Rat Killer?; Chapter 5 - More Is Better, Right?; Chapter 6 - Older and Wiser; Section II - In the Thick of It; Chapter 7 - The MCAT; Chapter 8 - M.D. or D.O.?; Chapter 9 - They're All the Same, Aren't They?; Chapter 10 - Truly Unique Programs; Chapter 11 - How Many Applications?; Chapter 12 - U.S. and Canadian Medical Schools; Chapter 13 - AMCAS and AACOMAS

Chapter 14 - Writing Your Personal StatementChapter 15 - Deadline Dummies; Chapter 16 - ""Early D"" Tragedy; Chapter 17 - Secondaries and Recommendation Letters; Chapter 18 - Your Interview; Chapter 19 - Which One?; Chapter 20 - By Association; Section III - Never Give Up; Chapter 21 - Should I Try Again?; Chapter 22 - Hey, Man, I Just Want to Help People; Chapter 23 - Hey, Man, I Just Want to Be a Doctor; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on direct experience of student counselling, Paul Jung takes the prospective applicant through the application procedure for



medical school from start to finish.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910818796203321

Autore

Riggs Christina

Titolo

Egypt : lost civilizations / / Christina Riggs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Reaktion Books, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

178023774X

9781780237749

9781780237268

178023726X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Lost Civilizations

Disciplina

932.022

Soggetti

Egypt Civilization 332 B.C.-638 A.D

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Looking for ancient Egypt -- Forty centuries -- Sacred signs -- Taken in the flood -- Walking like an Egyptian -- Vipers, vixens and the vengeful dead -- Out of Africa -- Counting the years -- Still looking.

Sommario/riassunto

"Examining the history, art, and religion of ancient Egypt, an illuminating look at why it has been so influential throughout the centuries. From Roman villas to Hollywood films, ancient Egypt has been a source of fascination and inspiration in many other cultures. But why, exactly, has this been the case? In this book, Christina Riggs examines the history, art, and religion of ancient Egypt to illuminate why it has been so influential throughout the centuries. In doing so, she shows how the ancient past has always been used to serve contemporary purposes. Often characterized as a lost civilization that was discovered by adventurers and archeologists, Egypt has meant many things to many different people. Ancient Greek and Roman writers admired ancient Egyptian philosophy, and this admiration would influence ideas about Egypt in Renaissance Europe as well as the Arabic-speaking world. By the eighteenth century, secret societies like



the Freemasons looked to ancient Egypt as a source of wisdom, but as modern Egypt became the focus of Western military strategy and economic exploitation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, its ancient remains came to be seen as exotic, primitive, or even dangerous, tangled in the politics of racial science and archaeology. The curse of the pharaohs or the seductiveness of Cleopatra were myths that took on new meanings in the colonial era, while ancient Egypt also inspired modernist, anti-colonial movements in the arts, such as in the Harlem Renaissance and Egyptian Pharaonism. Today, ancient Egypt—whether through actual relics or through cultural homage—can be found from museum galleries to tattoo parlors. Riggs helps us understand why this “lost civilization” continues to be a touchpoint for defining—and debating—who we are today." -- Publisher's description.