From Harvard University, one of the world s preeminent
institutions of
liberal education, comes a collection of essays sampling topics
at the forefront of academia in the twenty-first century. Written
by faculty members at the cutting edge of their fields, including
such luminaries as Steven Pinker, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, and Harry
R. Lewis, these essays offer a clear and accessible overview of
disciplines that are shaping the culture, and even the world.
The authors, among the most respected members of Harvard s
faculty, invite readers to explore subjects as diverse as religious
literacy and Islam, liberty and security in cyberspace, medical
science and epidemiology, energy resources, evolution, morality,
human rights, global history, the dark side of the American
Revolution, American literature and the environment, interracial
literature, and the human mind. They summarize key developments in
their fields in ways that will both entertain and edify those who
seek an education beyond the confines of the classroom.
It is sometimes said that youth is wasted on the young. It
could also be said that college, too often, is wasted on college
students that only after graduating does a former student come to
appreciate learning. To those wishing to revisit the college
classroom as well as to those who never had the opportunity in the
first place this book gives a taste of the modern course at
Harvard. The essays are stimulating and informative, and the
annotated bibliographies accompanying each chapter provide
invaluable guidance to the life-long learner who wants to pursue
these fascinating topics in depth.
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