LEADER 03798nam 2200505 450 001 9910466614703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5017-1660-3 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501716607 035 $a(CKB)4100000006611691 035 $a(OCoLC)1032288758 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse70563 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5516831 035 $a(DE-B1597)514981 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501716607 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5516831 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11610689 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006611691 100 $a20181009d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aProfessor at large $ethe Cornell years /$fJohn Cleese 210 1$aIthaca ;$aLondon :$cCornell University Press,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource.) 311 $a1-5017-1657-3 311 $a1-5017-1659-X 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tHARE BRAIN, TORTOISE MIND / $rCleese, John -- $tSCREENWRITING SEMINAR / $rCleese, John / Goldman, Bill -- $tSERMON AT SAGE CHAPEL / $rCleese, John -- $tTHE HUMAN FACE / $rCleese, John / Ceci, Stephen J. -- $tWHAT IS RELIGION? MUSINGS ON LIFE OF BRIAN / $rCleese, John -- $tCREATIVITY, GROUP DYNAMICS, AND CELEBRITY / $rCleese, John / Mannix, Beta -- $tA CONVERSATION WITH JOHN CLEESE / $rCleese, John / Smith, Dean John -- $tINDEX 330 $aAnd now for something completely different. Professor at Large features beloved English comedian and actor John Cleese in the role of Ivy League professor at Cornell University. His almost twenty years as professor-at-large has led to many talks, essays, and lectures on campus. This collection of the very best moments from Cleese under his mortarboard provides a unique view of his endless pursuit of intellectual discovery across a range of topics. Since 1999, Cleese has provided Cornell students and local citizens with his ideas on everything from scriptwriting to psychology, religion to hotel management, and wine to medicine.His incredibly popular events and classes-including talks, workshops, and an analysis of A Fish Called Wanda and The Life of Brian-draw hundreds of people. He has given a sermon at Sage Chapel, narrated Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf with the Cornell Chamber Orchestra, conducted a class on script writing, and lectured on psychology and human development. Each time Cleese has visited the campus in Ithaca, NY, he held a public presentation, attended and or lectured in classes, and met privately with researchers. From the archives of these visits, Professor at Large includes an interview with screenwriter William Goldman, a lecture about creativity entitled, "Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind," talks about Professor at Large and The Life of Brian, a discussion of facial recognition, and Cleese's musings on group dynamics with business students and faculty.Professor at Large provides a window into the workings of John Cleese's scholarly mind, showcasing the wit and intelligence that have driven his career as a comedian, while demonstrating his knack of pinpointing the essence of humans and human problems. His genius on the screen has long been lauded; now his academic chops get their moment in the spotlight, too. 606 $aComedians$zGreat Britain$vInterviews 606 $aMotion picture actors and actresses$zGreat Britai$vInterviews 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aComedians 615 0$aMotion picture actors and actresses 676 $a792.7028092 700 $aCleese$b John$01051940 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466614703321 996 $aProfessor at large$92482831 997 $aUNINA LEADER 04118nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910465100403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-07377-0 010 $a0-674-07373-8 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674073739 035 $a(CKB)2560000000102377 035 $a(EBL)3301318 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000915279 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11612245 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000915279 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10866593 035 $a(PQKB)11599771 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301318 035 $a(DE-B1597)209763 035 $a(OCoLC)848895534 035 $a(OCoLC)979967841 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674073739 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301318 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10718801 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000102377 100 $a20121218d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAlexander Wilson$b[electronic resource] $ethe Scot who founded American ornithology /$fEdward H. Burtt, Jr., William E. Davis, Jr 210 $aCambridge $cBelknap Press of Harvard University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (464 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-07255-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 429-432) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tChapter One. Themes in Wilson's Life and Writings -- $tChapter Two. A Varied Life -- $tChapter Three. Illustrating American Ornitholog y -- $tChapter Four. Pioneer Ornithologist -- $tChapter Five. Wilson's Legacy -- $tAppendix A. On the Shoulders of Giants: Wilson's Predecessors -- $tAppendix B. Wilson's Contemporaries and Correspondents -- $tNotes -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aAudubon was not the father of American ornithology. That honorific belongs to Alexander Wilson, whose encyclopedic American Ornithology established a distinctive approach that emphasized the observation of live birds. In the first full-length study to reproduce all of Wilson's unpublished drawings for the nine-volume Ornithology, Edward Burtt and William Davis illustrate Wilson's pioneering and, today, underappreciated achievement as the first ornithologist to describe the birds of the North American wilderness. Abandoning early ambitions to become a poet in the mold of his countryman Robert Burns, Wilson emigrated from Scotland to settle near Philadelphia, where the botanist William Bartram encouraged his proclivity for art and natural history. Wilson traveled 12,000 miles on foot, on horseback, in a rowboat, and by stage and ship, establishing a network of observers along the way. He wrote hundreds of accounts of indigenous birds, discovered many new species, and sketched the behavior and ecology of each species he encountered. Drawing on their expertise in both science and art, Burtt and Davis show how Wilson defied eighteenth-century conventions of biological illustration by striving for realistic depiction of birds in their native habitats. He drew them in poses meant to facilitate identification, making his work the model for modern field guides and an inspiration for Audubon, Spencer Fullerton Baird, and other naturalists who followed. 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