Author: Olivier Debarre
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: geometry, algebraic, dimensional, higher
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2001-06-26
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0387952276
ISBN-13: 9780387952277

Higher-dimensional algebraic geometry studies the classification theory of algebraic varieties. This very active area of research is still developing, but an amazing quantity of knowledge has accumulated over the past twenty years. The author’s goal is to provide an easily accessible introduction to the subject. The book covers preparatory and standard definitions and results, moves on to discuss various aspects of the geometry of smooth projective varieties with many rational curves, and finishes in taking the first steps towards Mori’s minimal model program of classification of a

Author: Derek Bingham
Publisher: John Catt Educational Ltd
Keywords: directory, education, higher, cis
Number of Pages: 641
Published: 2009-10-31
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1904724698
ISBN-13: 9781904724698

Author: J.C. Smart
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: research, theory, handbook, education, higher
Number of Pages: 748
Published: 2003-09-30
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 1402012322
ISBN-13: 9781402012327

This title consists of 19 essays dealing with the medical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Egyptian, and Tibetan medicine, the book includes essays on comparing Chinese and western medicine and religion. The essays address the connections between medicine and culture and relate the medical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book

Author: Rudolf Steiner
Publisher: Home Farm Book
Keywords: attainment, worlds, higher, knowledge
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2006-01-01
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 1846643473
ISBN-13: 9781846643477

Knowledge Of the Higher Worlds And Its Attainment By Rudolf Steiner Originally published in 1938. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include : How is Knowledge of the Higher World Attained? The Stages of Initiation Some Practical Aspects The conditions of Esoteric Training Some Results of Initiation The Transformation of Dream Life, The Continuity of Co

Author: Joseph R. Matthews
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Keywords: education, higher, assessment, library
Number of Pages: 156
Published: 2007-06-30
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 1591585317
ISBN-13: 9781591585312

Written for library managers, this volume explains and clarifies the practice of assessment at academic institutions. Armed with this information, the library manager will be better prepared to assess library services in the context of the library’s impact on student learning outcomes and research productivity.

Author: Paul Ramsden
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: education, higher, teach, learning
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2003-07-22
List price: $58.95
ISBN-10: 0415303451
ISBN-13: 9780415303453

The classic text has a simple message: to become a good teacher, first you must understand your students’ experiences of learning. Out of this grow a set of principles for effective teaching in higher education. This fully revised and updated new edition reflects a changed higher education environment, addressing issues of quality, standards and professional development in today’s universities. The book includes new research findings and suggestions for further reading, while case studies of exemplary teaching connect ideas to practice.

Author: Derek Bok
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: education, higher, commercialization, marketplace, universities
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2003-03-03
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0691114129
ISBN-13: 9780691114125

Is everything in a university for sale if the price is right? In this book, one of America’s leading educators cautions that the answer is all too often "yes." Taking the first comprehensive look at the growing commercialization of our academic institutions, Derek Bok probes the efforts on campus to profit financially not only from athletics but increasingly, from education and research as well. He shows how such ventures are undermining core academic values and what universities can do to limit the damage. Commercialization has many causes, but it could never have grown to its present