Author: Stephen J. Nelson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149857324X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Featuring never before published excerpts from his unfinished autobiography, this book explores the career of John G. Kemeny, mathematician, educator, and president of Dartmouth College. Nelson presents a portrait of Kemeny’s presidential leadership during the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s, exemplifying his resolute commitment to the pursuit of knowledge, learning, human understanding, equity, and justice. Through this discussion of Kemeny’s life, Nelson identifies the ideal qualities of a leader: willingness to ponder, consider, and achieve the best actions he could conceive; compassion, understanding and empathy for others; absolute belief in the rising generation of college students; and courage in the face of challenging public issues, contentious and warring opinions, and concerns. From immigrant roots to college presidency and the national stage, this book tells the full story of a genius and giant of the world of academia.
John G. Kemeny and Dartmouth College
Author: Stephen J. Nelson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149857324X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Featuring never before published excerpts from his unfinished autobiography, this book explores the career of John G. Kemeny, mathematician, educator, and president of Dartmouth College. Nelson presents a portrait of Kemeny’s presidential leadership during the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s, exemplifying his resolute commitment to the pursuit of knowledge, learning, human understanding, equity, and justice. Through this discussion of Kemeny’s life, Nelson identifies the ideal qualities of a leader: willingness to ponder, consider, and achieve the best actions he could conceive; compassion, understanding and empathy for others; absolute belief in the rising generation of college students; and courage in the face of challenging public issues, contentious and warring opinions, and concerns. From immigrant roots to college presidency and the national stage, this book tells the full story of a genius and giant of the world of academia.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149857324X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Featuring never before published excerpts from his unfinished autobiography, this book explores the career of John G. Kemeny, mathematician, educator, and president of Dartmouth College. Nelson presents a portrait of Kemeny’s presidential leadership during the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s, exemplifying his resolute commitment to the pursuit of knowledge, learning, human understanding, equity, and justice. Through this discussion of Kemeny’s life, Nelson identifies the ideal qualities of a leader: willingness to ponder, consider, and achieve the best actions he could conceive; compassion, understanding and empathy for others; absolute belief in the rising generation of college students; and courage in the face of challenging public issues, contentious and warring opinions, and concerns. From immigrant roots to college presidency and the national stage, this book tells the full story of a genius and giant of the world of academia.
A Philosopher Looks at Science
Author: Nancy Cartwright
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009201905
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
What is science and what can it do? Nancy Cartwright here takes issue with three common images of science: that it amounts to the combination of theory and experiment; that all science is basically reducible to physics; and that science and the natural world which it pictures are deterministic. The author's innovative and thoughtful book draws on examples from the physical, life, and social sciences alike, and focuses on all the products of science – not just experiments or theories – and how they work together. She reveals just what it is that makes science ultimately reliable, and how this reliability is nevertheless still compatible with a view of nature as more responsive to human change than we might think. Her book is a call for greater intellectual humility by and within scientific institutions. It will have strong appeal to anyone who thinks about science and how it is practised in society.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009201905
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
What is science and what can it do? Nancy Cartwright here takes issue with three common images of science: that it amounts to the combination of theory and experiment; that all science is basically reducible to physics; and that science and the natural world which it pictures are deterministic. The author's innovative and thoughtful book draws on examples from the physical, life, and social sciences alike, and focuses on all the products of science – not just experiments or theories – and how they work together. She reveals just what it is that makes science ultimately reliable, and how this reliability is nevertheless still compatible with a view of nature as more responsive to human change than we might think. Her book is a call for greater intellectual humility by and within scientific institutions. It will have strong appeal to anyone who thinks about science and how it is practised in society.
The Papers of John G. Kemeny [1969-1976/77].
Author: Dartmouth College. Library
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Languages : en
Pages : 74
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John Kemeny Speaking
Author: John G. Kemeny
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Category : College orations
Languages : en
Pages : 175
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Category : College orations
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Basic Programming
Author: John G. Kemeny
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Tenth Anniversary of the Inauguration of John G. Kemeny as President of Dartmouth College
Author: Dartmouth College
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Languages : en
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Introduction to Probability
Author: David F. Anderson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110824498X
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
This classroom-tested textbook is an introduction to probability theory, with the right balance between mathematical precision, probabilistic intuition, and concrete applications. Introduction to Probability covers the material precisely, while avoiding excessive technical details. After introducing the basic vocabulary of randomness, including events, probabilities, and random variables, the text offers the reader a first glimpse of the major theorems of the subject: the law of large numbers and the central limit theorem. The important probability distributions are introduced organically as they arise from applications. The discrete and continuous sides of probability are treated together to emphasize their similarities. Intended for students with a calculus background, the text teaches not only the nuts and bolts of probability theory and how to solve specific problems, but also why the methods of solution work.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110824498X
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
This classroom-tested textbook is an introduction to probability theory, with the right balance between mathematical precision, probabilistic intuition, and concrete applications. Introduction to Probability covers the material precisely, while avoiding excessive technical details. After introducing the basic vocabulary of randomness, including events, probabilities, and random variables, the text offers the reader a first glimpse of the major theorems of the subject: the law of large numbers and the central limit theorem. The important probability distributions are introduced organically as they arise from applications. The discrete and continuous sides of probability are treated together to emphasize their similarities. Intended for students with a calculus background, the text teaches not only the nuts and bolts of probability theory and how to solve specific problems, but also why the methods of solution work.
Back to BASIC
Author: John G. Kemeny
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Statement by John G. Kemeny, President, Dartmouth College Before the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development
Author: John G. Kemeny
Publisher:
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Category : Federal aid to higher education
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Federal aid to higher education
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Selected Materials Relating to the Announcement and Inauguraton of John G. Kemeny as President of Dartmouth College
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