1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962450703321

Autore

Hu Danian <1962->

Titolo

China and Albert Einstein : the reception of the physicist and his theory in China 1917-1979 / / Danian Hu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005

ISBN

9780674038882

0674038886

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

530.11/0951

Soggetti

Relativity (Physics)

China History May Fourth movement, 1919

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Prologue -- 1. Western Physics Comes to China -- 2. China Embraces the Theory of Relativity -- 3. Six Pioneers of Relativity -- 4. From Eminent Physicist to the "Poor Philosopher" -- 5. Einstein: A Hero Reborn from the Criticism -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first extensive study in English or Chinese of China's reception of the celebrated physicist and his theory of relativity. In a series of biographical studies of Chinese physicists, Hu describes the Chinese assimilation of relativity and explains how Chinese physicists offered arguments and theories of their own. Hu's account concludes with the troubling story of the fate of foreign ideas such as Einstein's in the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), when the theory of relativity was denigrated along with Einstein's ideas on democracy and world peace.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958680403321

Autore

Field Michael <1940->

Titolo

APL : developing more flexible colleges / / Michael Field

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1993

ISBN

1-134-87727-7

1-134-87728-5

1-280-32692-1

0-203-13718-3

0-203-30603-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (148 p.)

Collana

Further education

Disciplina

370.15/23

374.0130941

Soggetti

Experiential learning - Great Britain

Universities and colleges - Great Britain - Administration

College credits - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Series Editor's foreword; Foreword to the series; Introduction; The alternative focus of accreditation of prior learning; Introducing accreditation; The shaping of today's colleges; Developing pressures; External pressures for change; Teaching and learning frameworks; Teaching and learning: catering for changing needs; Accreditation and assessment services; Assessment on demand services; The shape of tomorrow's colleges; Developing a distinct mission for the college; Widening participation; Attracting potential students

Dealing effectively with enquiriesEnabling students to succeed; The framework of guidance and support; Organisational factors affecting flexibility; Organisational climate; Managing change: assessing the amount of change required; Managing the pressures to change; Managing change: change models; An individual model of change; A management initiated model of change; Managing the resistance to change; Index



Sommario/riassunto

The keystones for provision in the new era of Further Education will be flexibility of response, open access, equality of opportunity, and valuing and accrediting alternative ways of learning - all linked together within the concepts of providing life-long learning opportunities. The provision of APL, along with the support services needed to ensure its success, can be used as the `acid test' of whether a college is truly open and accessible to a variety of learners. Written by an experienced manager, this book offers invaluable advice for other managers and senior staff engaged in transformin