What can we learn when we follow people over the years and across the course of their professional lives? Joseph C. Hermanowicz asks this question specifically about scientists and answers it here by
What can we learn when we follow people over the years and across the course of their professional lives? Joseph C. Hermanowicz asks this question specifically about scientists and answers it here by
Possidius, the bishop of Calama, was a lifelong friend of St. Augustine best known for writing a biography of the bishop of Hippo, the Vita Augustini. Hermanowicz analyzes both the biography and the l
Presents a sociological view of the scientific community. The author interviewed sixty physicists, divided into groups of those in their early, middle, and late careers. The results presented offer
The academic profession, like many others, is rapidly being transformed. This book explores the current challenges to the profession and their broad implications for American higher education.Examinin
This collection arises from a conference at the U. of Georgia organized around the following theme: "Whither the American academic profession? Its changing forms and functions." Some but not all of th
