Richard de crespigny biography of albert einstein
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It’s Time to be a Pirate!
Graduates, Arts Faculty , Charles Sturt University at the Wagga Wagga campus on 15 December 2014 (Photo CSU)
Below is the Occasional Address that I delivered at the 2014 Graduation Ceremony for the Arts Faculty at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at the Wagga Wagga campus on 15 December 2014.
Peter Hayes (Deputy Chancellor – CSU) and Professor Vann (Vice Chancellor & President CSU) (Photo CSU)
Deputy Chancellor of Charles Sturt University – Peter Hayes,
Vice-Chancellor and President – Andrew Vann,
Graduates of the Faculty of Arts – you did it!
Proud parents and partners of these impressive graduates,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thank you for the privilege to receive the award “Doctor of the University honoris causa” , and thank you for asking me to deliver this Occasional Address.
Professor Mick Keelty and Professor Nick O’Brien (Head of School) of the Australian Graduate School of Polici
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TEAM Work: Training+Performance=Safety
“Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied”
– Alexander the Great’s Chief Physician
The untimely tragedy of the Air France Flight 447(1) has left the aviation community baffled, and later scandalized over the shocking revelations shared by the investigation. What went wrong? A perfectly airworthy airplane, with two perfectly working engines, ended up lost for years and became one of the greatest mysteries of aviation. With answers, however, came more questions, and as pilots all over the world tried to make sense of it all, the dreadful truth came out: the lack of training on a procedure as seemingly simple as a stall recovery led to the 3 minutes of horror and untimely demise of all the souls on board of flight 447.
A few years later, another tragedy puzzles the world of aviation. Despite the striking resemblance with the Air France F
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History of science
"New science" redirects here. For the treatise about history, see The New Science.
For approaches to the study of history of science, see Historiography of science. For the academic field that comprises science and its corresponding technological advances, see History of science and technology. For the academic journal, see History of Science (journal).
The history of science covers the development of science from ancient times to the present. It encompasses all three major branches of science: natural, social, and formal.[1]Protoscience, early sciences, and natural philosophies such as alchemy and astrology during the Bronze Age, Iron Age, classical antiquity, and the mittpunkt Ages declined during the early modern period after the establishment of formal disciplines of science in the Age of Enlightenment.
Science's earliest roots can be traced to Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia around 3000 to 1200 BCE.[2][3] These civilizati