Centennial Lectures [Oregon State University] 1968-1969: The Second Hundred Years
Linus Pauling, Barnaby C. Keeney, Charles Frankel, Philip Abelson, Edward E. David Jr., Daniel G. Aldrich Jr., Fred Harvey Harrington, W. Robert Parks
Verlag: Oregon State University Press, 1969
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Hardcover in white cloth with orange and black pictorial on front cover. Covers show light scuffing; small bit of soiling on rear cover. Small spot of soiling on fore-edge of text block and previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else internally clean. 126 pages. Lectures delivered by eight eminent academics, including the OSU alumni and Nobel Prize-winner Linus Pauling, addressing topics under the dual rubric of The Role of Universities and Man and His Environment. The lectures were geared towards providing critical assessments of higher education and a broad look ahead, with considerations of contemporary scientific, technological, political, sociological, and educational developments. One-page resumes and portraits are provided for each of the lecturers. The lectures were delivered as part of Oregon State University's year-long centennial commemoration during the school year, 1968-1969. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 015404
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Titel: Centennial Lectures [Oregon State University...
Verlag: Oregon State University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1969
Einband: Hardcover
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Centennial Lectures 1968-1969 Second Hundred Years [Oregon State University]
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Oregon State University Press, 1969
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Support Small Business by buying this book! Ex-library with usual marks. No marks noted in text. Binding is tight and square. Gently read. (ISBN: 0870713159) . . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: * THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITIES: 1.) Advancement of knowledge: ortho-molecular psychiatry, by L. Pauling -- 2.) Education to meet a changing society, by B.C. Keeney -- * MAN AND HIS ENVIROMENT: 3.) The future of political thought and political institutions, by C. Frankel -- 4.) Challenges for tomorrow, by P. Abelson -- 5.) Men and machines, by E.E. David, Jr. -- 6.) World food production potential, by D.G. Aldrich, Jr. -- * CHARTER DAY LECTURES: 7.) A look at the next 100 years, by F.H. Harrington -- 8.) The land-grant idea as a working process: the search for a relevant education, by W.R. Parks. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 95678
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