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Archive: January 2014 (3 Posts)

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Take a Course or Two with Professor Sagan

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

The following is a guest post from Trevor Owens, Special Curator for the Library of Congress Science Literacy Initiative and Digital Archivist in the Office of Strategic Initiatives. Most Americans know Carl Sagan best as a public figure and science communicator. Alongside those roles, he taught college courses for more than thirty years, first at …

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“Create Your Future the Peter Drucker Way” lecture by Bruce Rosenstein

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Peter Drucker’s groundbreaking work turned management theory into a serious discipline.  Often called the father of modern management, Drucker penned numerous influential works on organization and management Bruce Rosenstein, in this his second book based on the late Drucker’s wisdom, demonstrates once again that Drucker’s teachings go beyond the discipline of management to principles for …

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Searching for Life in the Universe

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

The following was originally published on the John W. Kluge Center’s RSS newsfeed. Inside Adams is republishing it since this event and topic might be of interest to our science readers. On Tuesday, January 28, at 4 p.m., The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress will host a public conversation between its outgoing …