2009 Acumen
2009 Acumen
UP FRONT
THE ARTS
Discovering a forgotten modernism … Cowboy Jazz … say word
THE HUMANITIES
Inner peace, world peace … sexual violence in medieval literature … revolutionary Russian art … metaphysics of the mind
THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Lost history, lost democracy … a capitalist path to democracy … spousal loss … culture and consensus
THE NATURAL SCIENCES
Hybrid zones help explain mimicry in butterflies … algae influence gas exchange … the mathematics of neuroscience ... speeding up the Internet
THE LAST WORD
Theory Into Practice: Learning, Doing and Knowing, by Augustine Ripa,
associate dean for undergraduate studies and professor of theatre
associate dean for undergraduate studies and professor of theatre
FEATURES
THE ART OF DESIGN
Society is looking to design for solutions as much as aesthetics.
A CELESTIAL KEY TO CHINA’S ANCIENT PAST
From the earliest dynasties, astronomy and astrology played a critical role in ancient Chinese culture.
POWERING OUR FUTURE
Scientists and engineers are trying to find new ways to fuel the world’s power grid.
HUMAN EXPORT
Migrants are becoming flexible labor supplies in an increasingly globalized economy.
File:
