Book Review of Molecules that Changed the World Molecules that Changed the World . Edited by K. C. Nicolau and T. Montanon (Scripps Research Institute and the University of Crete, respectively). Wiley-VCH , Weinheim . 2008 . xx + 336 pp. 23 × 30 cm. $55.00. ISBN 978-3-527-30983-2 .

2010 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
pp. 1023-1024
Author(s):  
Robert J. Krueger
Keyword(s):  
Scripps Research Institute ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
Research Institute

scholarly journals Book Review: Governments Around the World: From Democracies to Theocracies

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 325
Author(s):  
Shannon Pritting
Keyword(s):  
University Of Oklahoma ◽  
The World ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Excellent Work ◽  
The University

The brief single-volume Governments Around the World: From Democracies to Theocracies is edited by Fred M. Shelley, Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Oklahoma. The task of meaningfully representing international governments in a volume of more than five hundred pages is a difficult one, but Shelley delivers an excellent work that uses illustrative examples of countries to guide the reader to an understanding of types of governments without exhaustively providing all examples. Shelley has authored several other related reference works including The World’s Population: An Encyclopedia of Critical Issues, Crises, and Ever-Growing Countries (ABC-CLIO, 2014) and Nation Shapes: the Stories Behind the World’s Borders (ABC-CLIO, 2013).

scholarly journals Book Review: Border Disputes: A Global Encyclopedia

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Amanda Babirad
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Cultural Boundaries ◽  
The World ◽  
Concise Information ◽  
The University

This is a three-volume work that tackles the job of giving clear, concise information on the issue of border disputes. The work is divided into three types of disputes: territorial, positional, and functional. It is edited by Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, who studies public policy and border disputes at the University of Victoria, British Columbia and is the editor of the Journal of Borderlands Studies (Taylor and Francis/Routledge). Over fifty scholars from around the world contributed entries for this encyclopedia, which outlines the differentiation between geopolitical, legal, and cultural boundaries in its discussion.

scholarly journals John Henry Newman: The Idea of a University: Book Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 161-162
Author(s):  
Dongqing Han ◽  
◽  
Jiawei Wu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Philosophy ◽  
John Henry Newman ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
Idea Of The University

Newman’s “The Idea of the University” is the essential classic document in the history of Western higher education. All over the world, the educational thoughts of universities are closely related to Newman, and modern authors’ classic understanding of the university concept is derived from this Book. At that time, academia was in an era of ideological confrontation. Debates were mainly based on the two themes of “can other schools’ thoughts be used for reference” and “humanities or science.” Newman gave a clear answer to this in the book and made a corresponding detailed discussion. Newman’s answer embodies Newman’s educational thoughts, which are formed under the guidance of personal, educational philosophy. Therefore, Newman’s educational philosophy is contained in his educational thoughts. Based on this, Newman’s educational philosophy is explored from the educational thoughts contained in Newman’s answers to the above two topics. Newman’s educational philosophy is embodied in his views on schools and disciplines. For other sects, Newman is loyal to knowledge, regardless of sect, learns from each other’s strengths, and innovates. Newman firmly opposes blindly denying the views of the humanities.

scholarly journals Book Review: Alexander Lott's The Estonian Straits: Exceptions to the Strait Regime of Innocent or Transit Passage

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 142-146
Author(s):  
Erik Franckx
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
Scholarly Work ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University

The author's review of the book The Estonian Straits: Exceptions to the Strait Regime of Innocent or Transit Passage (Leiden, 2018, 306 pages), by Alexander Lott, highlights the major achievements represented by this scholarly work. The review presents the main subjects discussed in the book, which is based on a doctoral dissertation defended at the University of Tartu in early 2017. Having thus walked the reader through the subject matter of this new addition to Brill Nijhoff’s series International Straits of the World, the author concludes that the book, based as it is on an in-depth analysis of primarily Estonian archives alongside more recent parliamentary and governmental documents of this country, is not only timely but at the same time also a most enriching contribution to the literature on the issue of international straits.

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