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9780415553117

Knowledge Power: Interdisciplinary Education for a Complex World

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415553117

  • ISBN10:

    0415553113

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2010-03-12
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

This book offers a map showing the structure of the knowledge space in a contemporary context.

Author Biography

Alan Wilson is currently Professor of Urban and Regional Systems in the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London and Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council. He Was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leads from 1991-2004 and then director-general for Higher Education at the (then) department for Education and Skills. He is a Fellow of both the British Academy and the Royal Society, and was knighted for services to higher Education in 2001.

Table of Contents

List of figuresp. viii
Prefacep. ix
The knowledge challengep. 1
The knowledge spacep. 8
Beyond disciplines: systems and superconceptsp. 40
Knowledge developmentp. 63
Requisite knowledgep. 84
Knowledge power and universitiesp. 91
Employers in the knowledge economyp. 102
Knowledge power: a sea change?p. 114
The power of mathematicsp. 121
Superconceptsp. 129
Glossary of superconceptsp. 132
Notesp. 145
Bibliographyp. 153
Indexp. 163
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