Author: Sarah U. Wissema
Publisher: University of Illinois Pre
Keywords: mummy, virtual
Number of Pages: 84
Published: 2002-10-22
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 025207100X
ISBN-13: 9780252071003

"The Virtual Mummy" is a thoroughly readable introduction to the nondestructive techniques used by contemporary researchers to analyze the artifacts and culture of ancient Egypt. It tells the captivating story of the ’virtual unwrapping’ of an Egyptian mummy and the interdisciplinary project that allowed researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to investigate the person inside by way of an autopsy performed by computer. The mummy, acquired by the university’s Spurlock Museum in 1989, was from the Fayum region of Egypt and is dated to about 100 a.d. Althou

Authors:J. G. Wissema, Jan Verloop,
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
Keywords: university, managing, transition, generation, third, towards
Number of Pages: 252
Published: 2009-03
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 1848442165
ISBN-13: 9781848442160

`In Central and Eastern Europe, universities are struggling to adapt to the new economic and institutional situations. The concept of the Third Generation University is powerful in giving direction. In addition, the book offers much practical advice, taken from the author’s experience as a consultant to universities.’ - Marjan Bojadzhiev, University American College Skopje, Macedonia `Although the quality of university management makes or breaks the effectiveness and efficiency of a university, most university managers come unprepared to the job while only few books and cours