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Treats certain problems and methods of theoretical physics and astrophysics which are associated with microscopic and macroscopic electrodynamics and material concerning the theory of transition radiation and transition scattering.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.
Contrasts democratic and authoritarian approaches to international law, explaining how their interaction will affect the world in the future.
Considers legislation on return of confiscated property, payment of American war damage claims, and use of interest from the investment of funds obtained under the provisions of the Trading With the Enemy Act for scientific scholarships and fellowships for children of veterans.
Entering the Child's Mind teaches a powerful technique for gaining insight into a child's way of thinking. In the tradition of Piaget and Vygotsky, Dr. Herbert P. Ginsburg argues that standardized instruments of evaluation often fail to meet the challenges of complex cognition. Understanding that interviews, like any evaluative instrument, can be improperly conducted and assessed, Dr. Ginsburg then seeks to advance the critical analysis of the interview methods and to investigate its effectiveness and reliability. He presents guidelines intended to help novices learn to conduct clinical interviews and to assist more experienced interviewers in perfecting their techniques. Dr. Ginsburg provides to both psychologists and others interested in understanding the minds of children the first comprehensive treatment of the theory and practice of the clinical interview method. -- from back cover.
Until very recently, American universities were led mainly by their faculties, which viewed intellectual production and pedagogy as the core missions of higher education. Today, as Benjamin Ginsberg warns in this eye-opening, controversial book, "deanlets"--administrators and staffers often without serious academic backgrounds or experience--are setting the educational agenda. The Fall of the Faculty examines the fallout of rampant administrative blight that now plagues the nation's universities. In the past decade, universities have added layers of administrators and staffers to their payrolls every year even while laying off full-time faculty in increasing numbers--ostensibly because of bu...
Overviews what it takes to deploy ADSL, for decision makers and implementers in both service provider and enterprise information technology organizations. First looks at business drivers and financial models associated with ADSL implementation, then introduces the ADSL service architecture, outlining an end-to-end service model from the physical layer to the network layer and addressing crucial issues such as security and IP multicasting. Offers seven detailed implementation scenarios with bandw diagrams and configuration listings based on actual deployments in areas including residential and corporate Internet access, telecommuting, and media distribution. Ginsburg is director of consulting engineering for Shasta Networks. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Courtiers of the Marble Palace explores how law clerks are hired and utilized by United States Supreme Court justices.