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How does Google sell ad spaces and rank webpages? How does Netflix recommend movies, and Amazon rank products? How can you influence people on Facebook and Twitter, and can you really reach anyone in 6 steps? Why doesn’t the Internet collapse under congestion, and does it have an Achilles’ heel? Why are you charged per gigabyte for mobile data, and how can Skype and BitTorrent be free? How are cloud services so scalable, and why is WiFi slower at hotspots than at home?
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Students are groaning over blank notebook pages, teachers are readying their lesson plans, parents are packing peanut butter sandwiches, and retailers are flashing advertisements for back-to-school sales. This week marks the end of summer vacation and a return to classes for students nationwide. But what about the rest of us?
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As part of this month's Cambridge Book Club, R. Kent Newmyer discusses John Marshall's integral role in a volatile and formative period of American politics.
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It’s that time of year again: back to school! As teachers, parents, and kids of all ages start another year of learning, we bring you an excerpt from James R. Flynn’s Are We Getting Smarter?: Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century.
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'Making Thatcher's Britain' draws together leading historians to locate Thatcher and Thatcherism within the political, social, cultural and economic history of modern Britain. Here, co-editor Robert Saunders discusses more about the importance of this historical study, as well as a few questions about Margaret Thatcher herself...
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