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The laser inventor: memoirs of Theodore H. Maiman
No full textIn these engaging memoirs of a maverick, Theodore H. Maiman describes the life events leading to his invention of the laser in 1960. Maiman succeeded using his expertise in physics and engineering along with an ingenious and elegant design not anticipated by others. His pink ruby laser produced mankind’s first-ever coherent light and has provided transformational technology for commerce, industry, telecom, the Internet, medicine, and all the sciences. Maiman also chronicles the resistance from his employer and the ongoing intrigue by competing researchers in industry and academia seeking to diminish his contribution in inventing the first laser. This work will appeal to a wide readership, from physicists and engineers through science enthusiasts to general readers. The volume includes extensive photos and documentary materials related to Maiman’s life and accomplishments never before published. "No one beat Maiman to the laser. How important is the laser? How important are all lasers? That is how important we have to regard Maiman’s contribution.He and the laser changed all of our lives, everyone’s!" Dr. Nick Holonyak, Jr., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics, University of Illinois at Champaigne-Urbana, and inventor of the light-emitting diode (LED) and co-inventor of the transistor laser "More than five decades later, we can safely conclude that Theodore Maiman's groundbreaking discovery changed the world. Our modern life just as scientific research would be quite different without the laser." Dr. Ferenc Krausz, Director, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany, and Professor of Physics, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, and pioneer in attosecond lasers and attophysics "Maiman had the stroke of genius needed to take a different approach [from his competitors]. The sheer elegance and simplicity of his design belies the intellectual achievement it represents. If his invention seems obvious to some today, it was far from obvious in 1960." Jeff Hecht, authoritative science writer on the historical development of the laser, author of books on lasers and fiber optics
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UNT Special Collections Artifact Photography
No full textPhotographs of "Taps" by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Grantland Rice, held by UNT Special Collections. The second image is of pages 110 an 111, the page on the left is a drawing of a figure laying on grass and the page on the right is a poem titled "No Man's Land." Image 3, pages 200 and 201 with the page on the left containing parts of a poem and the page on the right containing a drawing of two soldiers sitting down with skull faces. Image 1, cover of the book. It is dirty yellow in color with title in bold at the top with black lettering, the subtitle and names in smaller letters. Expanding vertically on the left side of the cover is a sketch of a soldier playing a trumpet. Image 4, side view of book's spine that contains the title and author, small white stars along it vertically
The Faster Redder Road The Best UnAmerican Stories of Stephen Graham Jones
No full textEdited by Van Alst, this collection showcases the best writings of Stephen Graham Jones, whose career is developing rapidly from the noir underground to the mainstream. The Faster Redder Roadfeatures excerpts from Jones’s novels—including The Last Final Girl, The Fast Red Road: A Plainsong, Not for Nothing, and The Gospel of Z—and short stories, some never before published in book form. Examining Jones’s contributions to American literature as well as noir, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.’s introduction puts Jones on the literary map.
Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. is an assistant professor of Native American studies at the University of Montana and the former assistant dean and director of the Native American Cultural Center at Yale University. He is a chapter contributor in the work Seeing Red—Hollywood’s Pixeled Skins: American Indians and Film. Stephen Graham Jones is a professor of English and creative writing at the University of Colorado. He is the author of twenty-one books, including The Fast Red Road: A Plainsong, Ledfeather, The Gospel of Z, and Bleed into Me: A Book of Stories. The honors his work has received include the Texas Institute of Letters Jesse H. Jones Award for Fiction and the Independent Publisher Book Award for Multicultural Fiction. He is the recipient of the Writers’ League of Texas Fellowship in Literature and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Literature
Revisiting \u27Sacred Smokes\u27 With Ted Van Alst On Thursday\u27s Access Utah
No full textGrowing up in a gang in the city can be dark. Growing up Native American in a gang in Chicago is a whole different story. This book takes a trip through that unexplored part of Indian Country, an intense journey that is full of surprises, shining a light on the interior lives of people whose intellectual and emotional concerns are often overlooked. This dark, compelling, occasionally inappropriate, and often hilarious linked story collection introduces a character who defies all stereotypes about urban life and Indians. He will be in readers’ heads for a long time to come.
Theodore Ted Van Alst Jr., an associate professor and director of Indigenous Nations Studies at Portland State University, is a creative editor for Transmotion, an online journal of postmodern indigenous studies. His fiction and photography have been widely published. He is the author of Sacred Smokes, as well as the editor of The Faster Redder Road: The Best UnAmerican Stories of Stephen Graham Jones (both from UNM Press)
Illustrating Swing Votes I: Indiana Supreme Court
No full textIn this article, we develop a method for illustrating graphically (a) the
majorities that issue tightly split opinions; (b) the swing votes between the
different majorities; and (c) the opinions those majorities issue.' We develop this
method in the setting of the five-member Indiana Supreme Court as it was
constituted between 1999 and 2010 using its composition as defined by its junior
justice being Justice Robert D. Rucker.2 The other members of the court were
Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard and Justices Brent E. Dickson, Frank Sullivan,
Jr. (an author of this article), and Theodore R. Boehm. As the court's membership
did not change during that nearly eleven-year period, there were a substantial
number-176-tightly split decisions. We examine them and observe many swing
votes, varied coalitions, and differentiation by opinion subject matter. We
develop graphical techniques to illustrate those different tendencies
History of Roosevelt School, 1961
No full textA typewritten "History of Roosevelt School" by an unknown author. When the school opened in late 1899, it was named Waite Ward School, after former Supreme Court Justice, Morrison R. Waite. In 1920, the school name was changed to honor President Theodore Roosevelt, so that the building would not be confused with Waite High School. Document discusses early building plans, early principals and the Parent Teacher Association. Document is dated February 28, 196
Scott Hall, Pitzer College
No full textAn architect's redition of Scott Hall at Pitzer College. Scott Hall was built in 1964
DX of DKE Special Study #04: The Roosevelt Spruce Trees
No full textThe author recounts the death of Brother Clifton Beckwith Brown '00 at the Battle of San Juan Hill on 1 July 1898, the 1899 visit of Governor Theodore Roosevelt '80 to Cornell University, and the dedication of the Deke House spruce trees in memory of the fallen soldier
People's Climate March: Sign featuring a quote from former President Theodore Roosevelt, 4th Ave. S. near S. Washington St., Seattle, Washington, April 29, 2017
No full textText on sign reads: "Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance. - Theodore Roosevelt [beside an image of Mount Rainier National Park]".
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
PH Coll 1479.KinseyK84The People’s Climate March in Seattle, Washington, was one of several hundred Climate Marches that occurred across the nation on April 29, 2017. The Seattle march was hosted by the group Walk to Save Oak Flat. The march was scheduled to take place on the 100th day of Donald Trump’s presidency, and was meant to draw attention to critical issues facing the environment. Protestors demanded solutions to climate change and protections for clean air, water, and land. Many also decried President Trump’s rollback of restrictions on mining, oil drilling, greenhouse gas emissions, and more. The march began at Occidental Park in the Pioneer Square neighborhood, and moved north, ending in Westlake Park. According to organizers, at least 3,500 people attended the march. following the march, a free event called the People's Climate Action Summit was held at Seattle University. The summit offered lectures, workshops, and discussions on climate justice, sustainability, activism, and more.Environmen
"Views of European Races among the Research Staff of the US Immigration Commission and the Census Bureau, ca. 1910"
Get PDFThis paper discusses support for, and opposition to, racial classification of European immigrants among high-level researchers at both the United States Immigration Commission of 1907-11 (the Dillingham Commission) and the Census Bureau during those same years. A critical distinction must be made between the Commission members-political appointees who mostly supported some form of restriction at the time of their appointment-and the top research staff, whose views were remarkably wide ranging. Moreover, even staff members committed to a racialized outlook-such as Daniel Folkmar, author of the Commission's infamous Dictionary of Races and Peoples-deserve a closer look than historians have given them; for example, Folkmar and his superior on the staff had requested commentary from Franz Boas, who was then emerging as the most prestigious academic critic of racial theories (theories that assume group differences in behavior arise from biological endowments). Another feature of the narrative concerns the surprising number of staff who transferred from the Commission to the Census Bureau to work on the 1910 Census. Debates continued at the Bureau as well, this time over how to present the results of the new "mother tongue" question, which had been introduced to the Census questionnaire in response to pressure for a European "race" question. Indeed, Folkmar was also the chief author of the Census Bureau report on the mother-tongue data.
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