1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910493684003321

Autore

Richard Dunn; Silke  Ackermann; Giorgio Strano (Volume Editors)

Titolo

Heaven and Earth United, : Instruments in Astrological Contexts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2018

ISBN

90-04-38143-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 pages)

Collana

Scientific instruments and collections ; ; Volume 6

Disciplina

522.2

Soggetti

Astronomical instruments - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- Introduction / Richard Dunn , Silke Ackermann and Giorgio Strano -- Using Astrolabes for Astrological Purposes: The Earliest Evidence Revisited / Petra G. Schmidl -- What’s on the Back of an Astrolabe? Astrolabes as Supports for Planetary Calculators / Seb Falk -- Medical and Astrological Plates: Their Roles in Medieval and Renaissance Knowledge / Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas -- “Preciseness and Pleasure”: The Astrological Diptychs of Thomas Hood / Stephen Johnston -- Displaying Astrological Knowledge through Tabulation: Some Notes Pertaining to Particular Arrangement on Instruments / Günther Oestmann -- Astrological Aspectaria on Early Modern Instruments / Louise E. Devoy -- Italian Astronomical Clocks as Public Astrological Machines / Marisa Addomine -- Astrological Time in Public Space: The Görlitz Arachne (1550) and Planetary Hours / Richard L. Kremer -- The Heavens at the Medici Court: Antonio Santucci’s Cosmological Models / Giorgio Strano -- Were Globes Used in the Practice of Early Modern Astrology? / Jim Bennett and Sylvia Sumira -- Instruments and the Astrologer’s Image / Richard Dunn -- Defining Scientific Instruments in Astrological Practice: A Response / Marvin Bolt -- Back Matter -- Glossary -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Historically, the idea that the stars and planets influence the Earth and its inhabitants has proved powerful in almost every culture, offering an important context for the use of mathematical and astronomical



instruments. In the past, however, historians of astronomy have paid relatively little attention to astrology and other “non-scientific” topics, while historians of astrology have tended to concentrate on the analysis of texts rather than surviving artefacts, scientific instruments in particular. Heaven and Earth United is an attempt to redress the balance through an exploration of the astrological contexts in which instruments once found a place. Contributors are Silke Ackermann, Marisa Addomine, Jim Bennett, Marvin Bolt, Louise E. Devoy, Richard Dunn, Seb Falk, Stephen Johnston, Richard L. Kremer, Günther Oestmann, Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas, Petra G. Schmidl, Giorgio Strano, and Sylvia Sumira.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966423003321

Autore

Heppner R

Titolo

The Lost Leaders : How Corporate America Loses Women Leaders / / by R. Heppner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

9781349470396

1349470392

9781137350701

1137350709

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

658.4092082

Soggetti

Economics - Sociological aspects

Business ethics

Strategic planning

Leadership

Personnel management

Entrepreneurship

New business enterprises

Office management

Economic Sociology

Business Ethics

Business Strategy and Leadership

Human Resource Management

Office Management



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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Insert preliminaries -- Introduction -- Accidental careers -- Colleen roberts -- Judy Samuels -- Joyce Williams -- Nancy Michaels -- Other "lost leaders" -- Corporate america -- The old boys' network -- The acceptable band -- The ideal worker -- Against the law -- The toxic workplace -- Hopes for the future -- Joy in work -- Free agency -- The balancing act -- A paradox of diversity -- A woman president of the United States -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

The Lost Leaders presents the personal stories of women who achieved success in corporate leadership, but have chosen to abandon their careers, providing a fascinating glimpse of the culture that exists in the contemporary corporation.