Pollan reads from his work, is interviewed about his writing process, and answers questions from the audience. Michael Pollan is Knight Professor of Journalism at the Graduate School and director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism. He is a contributing writer at the "New York Times Magazine", and the author of three books: "The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World"; "A Place of My Own"; and "Second Nature". For many years he served as Executive Editor of "Harper's Magazine". His writing has won numerous awards, including the Reuters/World Conservation Union Global Award in Environmental Journalism, the James Beard Award, and the Genesis Award from the Humane...
CS 61A The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Instructor Brian Harvey
Spring 2008
Introduction to programming and computer science. This course exposes students to techniques of abstraction at several levels: (a) within a programming language, using higher-order functions, manifest types, data-directed programming, and message-passing; (b) between programming languages, using functional and rule-based languages as examples. It also relates these techniques to the practical problems of implementation of languages and algorithms on a von Neumann machine. There are several significant programming projects, programmed in a dialect of the LISP language.
"The Art and Science of Managing a Public Engineering Organization "
Don Riley will be the speaker at a special event for the California Colloquim on Water. Major General Don Riley became the Deputy Commanding General and Deputy Chief of Engineers on 1 April 2008. As such, he is second in command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers which has over 31,000 employees and manages a yearly budget of over $30 billion. MG Rileys previous assignment was as the Director of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. As Director, he managed the Armys Civil Works Program as the Nations primary planner, designer, builder, and operator of flood control, navigation, environmental restoration, and multiple-purpose water resource projects.
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