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A Tribute to Peter L. Montgomery

Peter L. Montgomery's contributions to computational number theory had a direct impact on our day-to-day information security life. In their new book, Joppe W. Bos and Arjen K. Lenstra elaborate on Montgomery's lasting impact.

Joppe W. Bos, Arjen K. Lenstra | 5 Feb 2018

Notes of a Bookseller: A Century of the Women’s Vote

About the Cambridge University Press Bookshop Cambridge University Press Bookshop opened in 1992, but the shop itself has been around for a great deal longer and selling books all the while; since 1581,...

Alice Tranah | 2 Feb 2018

Of Kerner, King and the Great Uprising: Fifty Years Later

How should we respond to the golden anniversaries of the publication of the Kerner Commission’s Report (March 1968) and the greatest wave of racial unrest in American history which followed Martin Luther...

Peter B. Levy | 31 Jan 2018

Celebrity Hemingway Interview Series: Joey Richter of Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party

"He would be amused by any portrayal of himself. It means people people remember him. People give a hoot. People care. Which is why we did this whole series." Joey Richter talks about his experiences playing a young Ernest Hemingway in Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party.

Diana Rissetto | 30 Jan 2018

Empowering Leadership of Tomorrow

Ryszard Praszkier, researcher at the University of Warsaw and author/co-author to works including Social Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, explores the theories and practices behind empowering teams through creativity, outlined in his new book Empowering Leadership of Tomorrow.

Ryszard Praszkier | 26 Jan 2018

Workplace Harassment and The Supreme Court

Joseph A. Seiner, author of The Supreme Court's New Workplace, on the procedural rulings of the highest in the land and how it affects workplace harassment claims in the US.

Joseph A. Seiner | 25 Jan 2018

I Never Thought It Would Happen So Fast

Erik G. Larsson is Professor at Linköping University in Sweden. He is co-author of 120 journal papers and a Cambridge University Press textbook on Space-Time Block Coding, and co-inventor of 15 granted patents. Here he talks about his new co-authored book, The Fundamentals of Massive MIMO.

Erik G. Larsson | 24 Jan 2018

Celebrity Hemingway Interview Series: Brandon Barash of Timeless

"Once I found his darkness, I became illuminated by his light." Brandon Barash of TIMELESS talks about playing Ernest Hemingway on primetime television.

Diana Rissetto | 22 Jan 2018

Congratulations to actor LEV HARVEY, the winner of our 2018 Search for the Best Interpreter of a Letter of Ernest Hemingway!

Last year, we sent out a call to the public to send us their most creative interpretations of one of the letters of Ernest Hemingway in our newly published edition. The response was overwhelming, and we...

16 Jan 2018

Q&A with author Vincent De Sapio

What motivated you to write Advanced Analytical Dynamics? When I took dynamics courses in my mechanical engineering curriculum I found that while there were a lot of excellent textbooks out there, there...

12 Jan 2018

The Magnetic Fields of Uranus and Neptune

William Nellis author of Ultracondensed Matter by Dynamic Compression, 2017, discusses how the discoveries of NASA's Voyager Mission changed what we thought we knew about the magnetic fields of gas giants Neptune and Uranus.

William J. Nellis | 11 Jan 2018

What economic role should the state promote in a market economy?

Vito Tanzi, renowned economist and author of Termites of the State, discusses the industrialized world's economic development during the 20th century to today...

Vito Tanzi | 14 Dec 2017