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Quantum drama : from the Bohr-Einstein debate to the riddle of entanglement / by Baggott, J. E.,author.(CARDINAL)681460; Heilbron, J. L.,author.(CARDINAL)721331;
Includes bibliographic references and index.Prologue -- ACT I. CORRESPONDENCE TO COMPLEMENTARITY -- Mutual Admiration -- An Honourable Funeral -- New Ways to Calculate -- New Ways to Think -- ACT II. UNCERTAINTY TO ORTHODOXY -- Incompatible Conceptions -- Measurement and Impossibility -- EPR, Faust, and the Cat -- Missionaries of the Copenhagen Spirit -- ACT III. ORTHODOXY TO UNCERTAINTY -- Postwar Hostilities -- Skirmishes in Princeton -- Juvenile Deviationism -- Passing the Torch -- ACT IV. PRODUCTIVE INEQUALITIES -- The Theorem of John S. Bell -- Bell Tests and Protests -- While the Photons Are Dancing -- Adventures in Quantum Information -- Where to Cut? Which Way to Go? -- Epilogue."In 1927, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein began a debate about the interpretation and meaning of the new quantum theory. This would become one of the most famous debates in the history of science. At stake were an understanding of the purpose, and defense of the integrity, of science. What (if any) limits should we place on our expectations for what science can tell us about physical reality?"
Subjects: Informational works.; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.; Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.; Quantum theory.; Physics.; Academic disputations;
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Blood theology : seeing red in body- and God-talk / by Rogers, Eugene F.,Jr.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes."The unsettling language of blood has been invoked throughout the history of Christianity. But until now there has been no truly sustained treatment of how Christians use blood to think with. Eugene F. Rogers Jr. discusses in his much-anticipated new book the sheer, surprising strangeness of Christian blood-talk, exploring the many and varied ways in which it offers a language where Christians cooperate, sacrifice, grow and disagree. He asks too how it is that blood-talk dominates when other explanations would do, and how blood seeps into places where it seems hardly to belong. Reaching beyond academic disputes, to consider how religious debates fuel civil ones, he shows that it is not only theologians or clergy who engage in blood-talk, but also lawmakers, judges, generals, doctors and voters at large. Religious arguments have significant societal consequences, Rogers contends; and for that reason secular citizens must do their best to understand them." --PART I: Why we see red -- 1 How blood marks the bounds of the Christian body: overtures and refrains -- PART II: Blood seeps in where it hardly seems to belong: blood unnecessary and inexhaustible -- 2 Blood after Isaac: and God said "Na" -- 3 Blood after Leviticus: separation and sacrifice -- 4 Blood after the Last Supper: Jesus and the gender of blood -- PART III: Blood makes a language in which to conduct disputes: family, truth, and tribe -- 5 Bridegrooms of blood: same-sex desire and the blood of Christ -- 6 Red in tooth and claw: creationism, evolution, and the blood of Christ -- 7 Blood purity and human sacrifice: Castilians meet Aztecs in war -- PART IV: The blood of God at the heart of things: causality sacramental and cosmic -- 8 How the Eucharist "causes" salvation: the physiology of the Eucharist, or virtue and blood chemistry -- 9 The blood of Christ and the Christology of things: why things became human -- Appendix: review of Gil Anidjar's Blood: a critique of Christianity.
Subjects: Blood; Sang;
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Under Jerusalem : the buried history of the world's most contested city / by Lawler, Andrew,author.(CARDINAL)354748;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-404) and index."A sweeping history of Jerusalem and the pivotal role that archaeology has played--both in its invention as a modern holy city and as the match that lit a geopolitical fire beneath it In 1863, a French politician and adventurer heard a rumor of biblical treasures beneath Jerusalem. At the time, Jerusalem was a venerable backwater, not the thriving religious center we think of today. Archaeology itself was in its infancy--more a pastime for treasure-hunting aristocrats than a legitimate scientific discipline. But when Louis-Felicien Joseph Caignart De Saulcy dug into the desert and discovered an ancient tomb, explorers from England, Germany, and Russia followed in his footsteps, competing with one another to make the next big find. De Saulcy's dig gave rise not only to a new field; it opened a Pandora's Box, turning Jerusalem into the most disputed piece of land on Earth. Under Jerusalem is a 150-year history of the ground just beneath one of the world's holiest cities. It examines the way that archaeology has not only fueled academic disputes but has contributed to some of the bloodiest chapters in Israel's modern history. With an eye on both the past and the future, Andrew Lawler reveals how more than a century of researchers, propelled as much by nationalist agendas as any thirst for knowledge, sparked a revolution in the Middle East, one whose reverberations we continue to feel."--
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology);
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Attacking the elites : what critics get wrong--and right--about America's leading universities / by Bok, Derek Curtis,author.(CARDINAL)131446;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Elite American universities, such as Yale, Harvard, and Princeton, are admired throughout the world. They attract highly qualified applicants, and most of their graduates go on to lead successful lives. Scholars and researchers at elite universities contribute to knowledge that benefits the public in countless ways, from the discovery of ancient texts to breakthroughs at the forefront of medical technology. These same elite institutions, however, are beset by criticism from both sides of America's ideological divide. Liberals press them to enroll more low-income students and to use their reputations and endowments to induce corporations to adopt more just, equitable, and environmentally sound policies. Conservative politicians accuse the universities' predominantly liberal faculty of indoctrinating students. The Supreme Court has recently prohibited universities from giving preference to Black and Hispanic applicants for admission, sparking a wider debate over the policies of elite universities in choosing their student body. Drawing on over fifty years of experience as a student, professor, dean, and president of Harvard University, Derek Bok examines the current disputes involving admissions, diversity, academic freedom and political correctness, curriculum and teaching, and even athletics in order to determine which complaints are unsubstantiated, which are valid, and how elite universities can best respond to their critics."--Publisher.
Subjects: Universities and colleges; Education, Higher; Elite (Social sciences);
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Martin Luther. / by Rupp, E. Gordon(Ernest Gordon),1910-1986.(CARDINAL)125976; Drewery, Benjamin.(CARDINAL)146044; Luther, Martin,1483-1546.(CARDINAL)144787;
Bibliography: page 180.Part I : The young Luther -- Birth, childhood, early life -- Luther the monk -- Luther's public and academic life, 1509-15 : the theses of April 1517 -- Part II : The indulgence controversy -- The controversy -- The 'Theology of the Cross' -- The encounter with Cajetan at Augsburg, October 1518 -- The Leipzig disputation, June-July 1519 -- The manifestos of 1520 -- The diet of worms, April 1521 -- Luther's condemnation and excommunication -- Part III : The prisoner of the Wartburg -- Luther's 'captivity' -- Luther's health and writings : the Zwickau prophets -- Karlstadt and Wittenberg radicalism -- Part IV : The watershed -- The peasant war -- Part V : From Luther to Lutheranism, 1526-1535 -- The eucharistic controversy and the Marburg colloquy -- Luther's two catechisms -- The Augsburg confession -- Part VI : The last decade -- Historical background -- Luther's illnesses -- The bigamy of Philip of Hesse -- Luther's doctrine of the church.
Subjects: Biographies.; Lutheran Church.; Theology;
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A primer on American labor law / by Gould, William B.,IV,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A Primer on American Labor Law is an accessible guide written for nonspecialists as well as labor lawyers - labor and management representatives, students, and general practice lawyers, and trade unionists, government officials, and academics from other countries. It covers topics such as the National Labor Relations Act, unfair labor practices, the collective bargaining relationship, dispute resolution, the public sector, and public-interest labor law. This updated fifth edition contains extensive new materials covering developments that include the repeal or change in public employee labor law and the development of case law relating to wrongful dismissals and pension reform in the public sector; bankruptcy in both the private and public sector; ADA litigation and 2008 amendments of that statute; new cases on all subjects, but particularly Bush and Obama NLRB decisions, sexual harassment, sexual orientation, and retaliation; and the globalization of labor disputes in labor-management relations in the United States, with particular reference to professional sports disputes and the extraterritoriality of American labor law generally"--
Subjects: Labor laws and legislation;
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Queer : a graphic history / by Barker, Meg-John,1974-author.(CARDINAL)410000; Scheele, Jules,1984-artist.(CARDINAL)429891;
Includes bibliographical references (page 174).Activist-academic Meg John Barker and cartoonist Julia Scheele illuminate the histories of queer thought and LGBTQ+ action in this groundbreaking non-fiction graphic novel. A kaleidoscope of characters from the diverse worlds of pop-culture, film, activism and academia guide us on a journey through the ideas, people and events that have shaped 'queer theory.' From identity politics and gender roles to privilege and exclusion, Queer explores how we came to view sex, gender and sexuality in the ways that we do; how these ideas get tangled up with our culture and our understanding of biology, psychology and sexology; and how these views have been disputed and challenged.1270L
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; Homosexuality; Homosexuality; Queer comic books, strips, etc.; Queer theory.; Homosexuality.; Queer comics.; Queer theory.;
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The tyranny of virtue : identity, the academy, and the hunt for political heresies / by Boyers, Robert,author.(CARDINAL)512737;
"Written from the perspective of a liberal intellectual who has spent a lifetime as a writer, editor, and college professor, The Tyranny of Virtue is a precise and nuanced insider's look at shifts in American culture--most especially in the American academy--that so many people find alarming. Part memoir and part polemic, an anatomy of important and dangerous ideas, and a cri de coeur lamenting the erosion of standard liberal values, Boyers's collection of essays is devoted to such subjects as tolerance, identity, privilege, appropriation, diversity, and ableism that have turned academic life into a minefield. Why, Robert Boyers asks, are a great many liberals, people who should know better, invested in the drawing up of enemies lists and driven by the conviction that on critical issues no dispute may be tolerated? In stories, anecdotes, and character profiles, a public intellectual and longtime professor takes on those in his own progressive cohort who labor in the grip of a poisonous and illiberal fundamentalism. The end result is a finely tuned work of cultural intervention from the front lines." -- inside front book jacket flap.
Subjects: Essays.; Toleration.; Political correctness.; Identity politics.; Liberalism.; Education, Higher;
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On the nature of the gods / by Cicero, Marcus Tullius,author.(CARDINAL)139753; Curtius, Quintus(Translator),translator.(CARDINAL)891286;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? Is there a divine order to the universe? And if there is, what is humanity's role in this grand conception? Does a divine power care about human affairs? These are just a few of the profound questions discussed in Cicero's philosophical masterpiece On the Nature of the Gods. In dialogues that showcase the differing perspectives of the Stoic, Epicurean, and Academic schools, Cicero delves into a stunning variety of subjects, including human anatomy, theology, cosmology, astronomy, biology, and divination. The persistent themes of Cicero's vision are his insistence on a moral basis for human conduct, the existence of free will, and his soaring faith in the unique role reserved for the human race in the universe's destiny. It is no wonder that Voltaire called On the Nature of the Gods, along with Cicero's Tusculan Disputations, "[the] two most beautiful works ever composed by human wisdom." This is the first complete, original translation of On the Nature of the Gods to appear in many years. Translator Quintus Curtius has returned to the original Latin text to produce a fresh, modern English edition that breathes new life into a long-neglected classic of Western thought. The text is extensively annotated, and formatted using modern dialogue conventions for ease of reading. Also included are an explanatory introduction and a comprehensive index. Cicero's seminal work has much to tell us today, and with this translation has never been more accessible to the modern reader" --
Subjects: Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; Philosophy, Ancient; Philosophical theology; Gods; Causation; Human behavior; Metaphysics.;
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Slonim Woods 9 : a memoir / by Levin, Daniel Barban,author.;
"A stunning firsthand account of the creation of a modern cult under conman Larry Ray and the horrifying costs paid by his young victims: his daughter's college roommates. In September 2010, at the beginning of the academic year at Sarah Lawrence College, a sophomore named Talia Ray asked her roommates if her father could stay with them for a while. No one objected. Her father, Larry Ray, was just released from prison, having spent three years behind bars after a conviction during a bitter custody dispute. Larry Ray arrived at the dorm, a communal house called Slonim Woods 9, and stayed for the whole year. Over the course of innumerable counseling sessions and "family meetings," the intense and forceful Ray convinced his daughter's friends that he alone could help them "achieve clarity." Eventually, Ray and the students moved into a small Manhattan apartment, beginning years of manipulation and abuse, as Ray tightened his control over his young charges through blackmail, extortion, and ritualized humiliation. Daniel Barban Levin was one of the original residents of Slonim Woods 9. Ray coached Daniel through a difficult break-up, slowly drawing him into his web. After two years of escalating psychological, physical, and sexual abuse, Daniel found the strength to escape from Ray's influence and take control of his own life. In April 2019, a New York magazine cover story, "The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence," exposed Ray's crimes to the world. In February 2020, he was finally indicted on charges of extortion, sex trafficking, forced labor, and money laundering. Beginning the moment Daniel set foot on Sarah Lawrence's idyllic campus and spanning the two years he spent in the grip of a megalomaniac, this brave, lyrical, and redemptive memoir reveals how a group of friends were led from campus to a cult without the world even noticing"--
Subjects: Case studies.; Ray, Larry (Lawrence), 1960-; Levin, Daniel Barban.; Criminals; Manipulative behavior; Extortion; Cults;
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