Ahead of the curve [[electronic resource] ] : David Baltimore's life in science / / Shane Crotty |
Autore | Crotty Shane <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
Disciplina | 572.8/092 B |
Soggetto topico | Molecular biologists - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
aids vaccine
biographical biography caltech career college controversial controversy cultural history cultural studies culture dna famous scientist genetic engineering growing up life story mit molecular biology nobel prize political politics rockefeller science scientific research scientist true story university vaccine vietnam war |
ISBN |
1-59734-456-7
1-282-75923-X 9786612759239 0-520-93026-6 |
Classificazione | TB 3120 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PROLOGUE -- ONE. GREAT NECK, LONG ISLAND -- TWO. SWARTHMORE -- THREE. APPRENTICESHIPS -- FOUR. SALK INSTITUTE -- FIVE. MIT -- SIX. RECOMBINANT DNA -- SEVEN. NOBELGOLD -- POLIOVIRUS: AN INTERLUDE -- EIGHT. WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE -- NINE. ROCKEFELLER -- TEN. HOMECOMING -- ELEVEN. CALTECH -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777365503321 |
Crotty Shane <1974-> | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Alexander the Great and the mystery of the elephant medallions / / Frank L. Holt |
Autore | Holt Frank Lee |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 198 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 737/.22/0938 |
Collana | Hellenistic culture and society |
Soggetto topico |
Coins, Ancient
Coins, Greek Elephants in numismatics |
Soggetto non controllato |
afghanistan
alexander the great ancient history ancient medallions battle of the hydaspes river biographical biography conquests discussion books elephant medallions european history hellenistic culture hellenistic period hellenistic society historians historical perspective india iraq megalomania myths and legends nonfiction numismatics popular history rajah porus retrospective supernatural success theology of war war warfare |
ISBN |
1-282-35812-X
9786612358128 0-520-93878-X 1-59734-457-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ONE. Man of Mystery -- TWO. A Treasure -- THREE. Picking a Fight -- FOUR. Whose Pachyderm, Whole or Halved? -- FIVE. Another Treasure -- SIX. A Closer Look -- SEVEN. A Dark and Stormy Night -- APPENDIX A. THE PUBLISHED ELEPHANT MEDALLIONS -- APPENDIX B. SOME POSSIBLE FORGERIES OF THE LARGE MEDALLION -- APPENDIX C. THE 1973 IRAQ HOARD -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777369003321 |
Holt Frank Lee | ||
Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ancestral leaves : : a family journey through Chinese history / / Joseph W. Esherick |
Autore | Esherick Joseph S |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 374 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina |
929.20951
929/.20951 951 |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Asia / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
14th century
19th century ancestors asian biography biographical china chinese communists chinese history chinese rebellions chinese cultural revolution economic growth everyday life family history family lines historical nonfiction history buffs japanese invasion modern china modern history nonfiction oral histories personal history republican era social history social transformation war and revolution warfare world war ii wwii ye family |
ISBN |
1-283-33184-5
9786613331847 0-520-94762-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Fleeing the Long Hairs -- 2. Family roots -- 3. Father, Son, and Family -- 4. Rebellion -- 5. Official Life in the Late Qing -- 6. A time of transitions -- 7. Doing Business in Tianjin -- 8. Growing Up in Tianjin -- 9. Student Life in the 1930's -- 10. War -- Part III. The People's Republic -- 11. Family Life in new China -- 12. Hundred Flowers and Poisonous Weeds -- 13. The Cultural revolution -- Epilogue: After the Deluge -- Notes -- Glossary of Chinese Terms -- Selected Ye Family Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785570603321 |
Esherick Joseph S | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ancestral leaves : : a family journey through Chinese history / / Joseph W. Esherick |
Autore | Esherick Joseph S |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 374 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina |
929.20951
929/.20951 951 |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Asia / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
14th century
19th century ancestors asian biography biographical china chinese communists chinese history chinese rebellions chinese cultural revolution economic growth everyday life family history family lines historical nonfiction history buffs japanese invasion modern china modern history nonfiction oral histories personal history republican era social history social transformation war and revolution warfare world war ii wwii ye family |
ISBN |
1-283-33184-5
9786613331847 0-520-94762-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Fleeing the Long Hairs -- 2. Family roots -- 3. Father, Son, and Family -- 4. Rebellion -- 5. Official Life in the Late Qing -- 6. A time of transitions -- 7. Doing Business in Tianjin -- 8. Growing Up in Tianjin -- 9. Student Life in the 1930's -- 10. War -- Part III. The People's Republic -- 11. Family Life in new China -- 12. Hundred Flowers and Poisonous Weeds -- 13. The Cultural revolution -- Epilogue: After the Deluge -- Notes -- Glossary of Chinese Terms -- Selected Ye Family Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819722503321 |
Esherick Joseph S | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Anna Halprin [[electronic resource] ] : experience as dance / / Janice Ross ; foreword by Richard Schechner |
Autore | Ross Janice |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (497 p.) |
Disciplina |
792.8092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Dancers - United States
Modern dance |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
american culture american dance american society artistic genres artistic beat poetry beats biographical biography cancer survivor choreographer choreography community dance eastern europe experimental healer hippies music performance art popular culture postmodern dance postmodern performance art postmodern scholarly theater turn of the century west coast |
ISBN |
1-281-75244-4
1-4294-7178-6 9786611752446 0-520-93282-X 1-4337-0964-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Why She Danced 1920 - 1938 -- 2. The Secret Garden of American Dance 1938 - 1942 -- 3. The Bauhaus and the Settlement House 1942- 1945 -- 4. Western Spaces 1945 - 1955 -- 5. Instantaneous Experience, Lucy, and Beat Culture 1955 - 1960 -- 6. Urban Rituals 196 1- 1967 -- 7. From Spectator to Participant 1967- 1968 -- 8. Ceremony of Memory 1968 - 197 1 -- 9. Illness as Performance 1972- 1991 -- 10. Choreographing Disappearance: Dances of Aging 1992-2006 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Chronology of Performances, Videos, and Films -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784412403321 |
Ross Janice | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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At the jazz band ball [[electronic resource] ] : sixty years on the jazz scene / / Nat Hentoff ; foreword by Lewis Porter |
Autore | Hentoff Nat |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
Disciplina | 781.6509 |
Soggetto topico |
Music - History and criticism
Jazz - History and criticism |
Soggetto non controllato |
american music
american society art biographical blues music civil liberties civil rights contrarian duke ellington engaging famous jazz musicians feel good free expression gospel health care interviews jazz band ball jazz critics jazz history jazz lovers jazz music jazz musicians jazz scene louis armstrong musicians nonfiction ornette coleman personal history political activists quincy jones retrospective short essays social justice issues |
ISBN |
1-282-55613-4
9786612556135 0-520-94588-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. What am I here for? : the rules of my jazz odyssey -- pt. 2. In the presence of Ellington -- pt. 3. Jazz credentials -- pt. 4. The jazz life on and off the road -- pt. 5. Who is a jazz singer? -- pt. 6. The life force of the music -- pt. 7. Finding the first American groove -- pt. 8. Roots -- pt. 9. The survivors -- pt. 10. The regenerators -- pt. 11. The master teachers. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792599803321 |
Hentoff Nat | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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At the jazz band ball : sixty years on the jazz scene / / Nat Hentoff ; foreword by Lewis Porter |
Autore | Hentoff Nat |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
Disciplina | 781.6509 |
Soggetto topico |
Music - History and criticism
Jazz - History and criticism |
Soggetto non controllato |
american music
american society art biographical blues music civil liberties civil rights contrarian duke ellington engaging famous jazz musicians feel good free expression gospel health care interviews jazz band ball jazz critics jazz history jazz lovers jazz music jazz musicians jazz scene louis armstrong musicians nonfiction ornette coleman personal history political activists quincy jones retrospective short essays social justice issues |
ISBN |
1-282-55613-4
9786612556135 0-520-94588-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. What am I here for? : the rules of my jazz odyssey -- pt. 2. In the presence of Ellington -- pt. 3. Jazz credentials -- pt. 4. The jazz life on and off the road -- pt. 5. Who is a jazz singer? -- pt. 6. The life force of the music -- pt. 7. Finding the first American groove -- pt. 8. Roots -- pt. 9. The survivors -- pt. 10. The regenerators -- pt. 11. The master teachers. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823596903321 |
Hentoff Nat | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Backstory 5 [[electronic resource] ] : interviews with screenwriters of the 1990s / / edited and with an introduction by Patrick McGilligan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 812/.5409 |
Altri autori (Persone) | McGilliganPatrick |
Soggetto topico |
Screenwriters - California - Los Angeles
Motion picture authorship - California - Los Angeles |
Soggetto non controllato |
1990s
adaptations albert brooks backstory barbara turner barry levinson behind the scenes biographical career collaborative projects contemporary david koepp eric roth fictional works jean claude carriere john hughes john sayles movie writers nonfiction nora ephron personal interviews pop culture popular movies popular television richard lagravenese ronald harwood rudy wurlitzer screenwriters stage plays television writers tom stoppard writing |
ISBN |
1-282-77272-4
9786612772726 0-520-94547-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ME GENERATION EVERYMAN -- BREAKING THE RULES -- FEMINIST WITH A FUNNY BONE -- IMAGINATION -- STRAIGHT OUTTA SHERMER -- SINCERITY -- A WRITER UNDER THE INFLUENCE -- THE JOURNEY -- PRIDE OF AUTHORSHIP -- THE NONCONFORMIST -- ADVENTURES IN MOVIES -- FREE SPIRIT -- QUESTING -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- GENERAL INDEX -- INDEX OF FILMS, PLAYS, AND BOOKS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788998203321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Barnum Brown [[electronic resource] ] : the man who discovered Tyrannosaurus rex / / Lowell Dingus and Mark A. Norell |
Autore | Dingus Lowell |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
Disciplina |
560.92
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | NorellMark |
Soggetto topico |
Paleontologists - United States
Tyrannosaurus rex |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
american scientists barnum brown biographical dinosaur species dinosaurs famous discoveries famous scientists field notes fossil hunters fossils historical account legendary figures letters natural history natural sciences nonfiction oil paleontologist science historians science history scientific discoveries scientific expeditions scientists tyrannosaurus rex united states us government western frontier |
ISBN |
1-282-55614-2
9786612556142 0-520-94552-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Prologue. The Mindset of Barnum Brown -- One. Child of the Frontier (1873-1889) -- Two. Student . . . of Sorts (1889 - 1896) -- Three. Apprentice Extraordinaire (1896 - 1898) -- Four. To Land's End: Patagonia (1898 - 1900) -- Five. To the Depths of Hell Creek (1900 - 1903) -- Six. Love (1903 - 1906) -- Seven. Loss (1906 - 1910) -- Eight. The Canadian Dinosaur Bone Rush (1910 - 1916) -- Nine. Cuba, Abyssinia, and Other Intrigues (1916 - 1921) -- Ten. Jewels from the Orient: Raj India (1921 - 1923) -- Eleven. Perils and Pearls Up the Irrawaddy: Burma (1923) -- Twelve. Samos: Isle of Intrigue (1923 - 1925) -- Thirteen. Ancient Americans Hunting Bison? Birds as Dinosaurs? (1925 - 1931) -- Fourteen. Digging - and Flying - for Dinosaurs -- Fifteen. Toward the Golden Years -- Sixteen. Brown as a Spy, Movie Consultant, and Showman at the World's Fair (1942 - 1963) -- Epilogue -- Appendix One -- Appendix Two -- Appendix Three -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781037603321 |
Dingus Lowell | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beethoven after Napoleon [[electronic resource] ] : political romanticism in the late works / / Stephen Rumph |
Autore | Rumph Stephen C |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
Disciplina | 780/.92 |
Collana | California studies in 19th century music |
Soggetto topico | Romanticism in music |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
beethoven biographical classical music composer conservative economics famous composer freedom french revolution german composer german ideology german music german musician humanism interdisciplinary liberal music history musical composer musical composition napoleon napoleonic native german native people political commentary political politics progress religious studies revolution revolutionary romantic scholarly |
ISBN |
1-282-75922-1
9786612759222 0-520-93012-6 1-59734-484-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | A kingdom not of this world -- The heroic sublime -- Promethean history -- 1809 -- Contrapunctus I: prelude and fugue -- Contrapunctus II: double fugue -- Androgynous utopias -- Vox populi, vox dei -- A modernist epilogue. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783388203321 |
Rumph Stephen C | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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