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Monthly Archives: April 2013

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  • 17 Apr 2013

    The Shakespeare Debates

    This week on the Cambridge Book Club, contributors to the new Cambridge volume Shakespeare Beyond Doubt debate some of history’s most famous non-believers. Read why famous figures from Walt Whitman to Charlie Chaplin doubt the Bard and what Shakespeare Beyond Doubt has to say about their reservations. Don’t miss the debate!

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  • 15 Apr 2013

    Into the Intro: Shakespeare Beyond Doubt

    We're kicking off the new Cambridge Book Club a few days early with a sneak peek at Shakespeare Beyond Doubt. Dive in to the authorship debate: did William Shakespeare really write the plays attributed to him? Read on to find out...and don't forget to check back on Wednesday and all month long for new Book Club features as we read Shakespeare Beyond Doubt.

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  • 12 Apr 2013
    Adam L.

    What to Read: Economics

    Need a recommendation? Catch up on our new titles as marketing associate Adam L. points you to the latest and greatest in Economics.

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  • 10 Apr 2013

    Alien Life Imagined: The Musical

    When “Across the Universe” was transmitted into deep space in 2008, NASA hoped the song’s journey across the universe would bring contact with other beings. The famous Beatles’ tune may have been the first one sent to the aliens, but it’s not the only piece of music influenced by them: musicians from Beethoven to Ella Fitzgerald to Radiohead have all produced acoustic renderings of extraterrestrials.

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  • 8 Apr 2013
    Peter Z. Grossman

    The Future of Fracking

    Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” as it’s commonly called, has been touted as a great boon to humanity and at the same time, condemned as a great danger. As usual, the reality lies somewhere in between. Fracking is a process of cracking rock formations (mainly shale) with high pressure water mixed with chemicals to release natural […]

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  • 3 Apr 2013

    My Favorite Martians

    7 fictional aliens that would make great companions (and a few that should stay lightyears away!)

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  • 2 Apr 2013

    Into the Intro: The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare

    The NATO-commissioned guide to the changing ways of war and the new threats of a digital world. Should civilian hackers be considered military targets? Should victims of damaging cyber attacks be able to strike back with weapons against the offender?

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