This book is a primer on how to transit the potentially superb but treacherous educational system that has evolved in twenty-first-century America. For those aspiring to become professionals and leaders, it provides detailed descriptions of some important career paths. It identifies the intellectual tools to develop superior reasoning power, to recognize misleading information, and to adjust to changing circumstances. It discusses what to study and why. It describes powerful concepts that ...

This book is about how one can, in a lifetime, experience the world as directly as possible. It is a practical matter; travel takes time and money. The earth is a big place, and one must be selective about what one sees and how one travels. For us travel has been a lifetime progression, starting with student budgets, then building on corporate travel, and progressing to less accessible locales. As we became seniors, we were more limited in physical adventure, but more able to experience up...

Editor F. Peter Boer has written eight books, is an authority on research and development finance, and the author of nearly one hundred articles in the scientific and business literatures. His books have been translated into five foreign languages. He holds a PhD from Harvard University, is a former professor at Yale University, and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Through board directorships, he remains an active leader in global business. Ellen Boer is the daughter of ...

The authors course of business and personal travel has taken him to seven continents and well over a hundred countries in over fifty years, and to some venues many dozens of times. His love of geography and wildlife has led him to explore the Polar Regions, the African savanna, and the Amazon rain forest. His diverse interests in history, archaeology, technology, and the environment have given him an integrated perspective on the nature of our planet and how our present situation came to b...

When Peter asked Ellen to marry him some fifty years ago she asked what he thought their life would be like. He answered, I will show you the world. Their own Grand Tour has taken them to seven continents and over a hundred thirty countries, and to favorite sites many dozens of times. Their love of history, geography and wildlife has led them to explore the Polar Regions, the African savanna, and the ruins of great civilizations. In this volume, they recount not only the best venues but sh...

F. Peter Boer has written eight books, is an authority on research and development finance, and is the author of nearly one hundred articles in the scientific and business literatures. His books have been translated into five foreign languages. He holds a PhD from Harvard University, is a former professor at Yale University, and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Through board directorships, he remains an active leader in global business. Ellen Boer is a graduate of Mount ...

When Peter asked Ellen to marry him some fifty years ago, she asked what he thought their life would be like. He answered, I will show you the world. Their own grand tour has taken them to seven continents, to over a hundred fifty countries, and to favorite places many dozens of times. Their love of history, geography, and wildlife has led them to explore the polar regions, the African savanna, and the ruins of great civilizations. In this volume, they not only recount the best venues but ...

Canadian hockey is rife with tales of the odd, the strange, the funny and, occasionally, the disturbing side of the game:In 1976, Maple Leafs coach Red Kelly installed pyramids in the players’ dressing room and under the bench in an attempt to harness “pyramid power”The Cusimano brothers started the tradition of “octopus hurling” during the 1952 playoff gamesIn 1930, Toronto Maple Leafs’ general manager Conn Smythe placed a winning bet on a longshot horse ...