Rex A. Wade discusses the challenges and rewards of writing the third edition of The Russian Revolution, 1917
A brief interview with Barry Mazur and William Stein, authors of 'Prime Numbers and the Riemann Hypothesis,' on the development of this essential book and its standout qualities.
Tore Schweder, co-author of Confidence, Likelihood, Probability, examines whether or not prior distribution is needed if it is not based on data.
An interview with 'Contest Theory' author Milan Vojnovic. His new books offers a comprehensive coverage of contest theory developed in the areas of economics, computer science and statistics.
Jose Hernandez-Orallo, author of 'The Measure of All Minds' (2017) gives insight into the future of AI systems, and whether we should be wary of them.
John Braun and Duncan Murdoch wrote A First Course in Statistical Programming with R in 2005 or so, and the graphics chapter concentrated on two-dimensional base graphics. This year they released a second...
Tarun Kumar Roy discusses how 'Statistical Survey Design and Evaluating Impact' addresses the two fundamental statistical designs, sample survey and experimental or evaluation designs.
Although the results of the US presidential election took many by surprise, Twitter analysis would have indicated that Donald Trump was winning the social media war. 'Twitter: A Digital Socioscope' provides an in-depth view of latest research dealing with the biases, misinformation, and state-of-the-art electoral forecasting.
Emergency situations force us to take critical decisions in a very short time. Often, the first place people turn to for information is social media. A combination of human and machine intelligence can help make sense of the immense amount of data that comes from these widely varied perspectives and posts.
Celebrate National Poetry Month with Cambridge University Press! In this blog post editor Walter Kalaidjian discusses The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Poetry.
Do all animals have episodic memory? Scott D. Slotnick author of Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory discusses episodic memory in mammals.
Moshe Israelashvili & John L. Romano, editors of The Cambridge Handbook of International Prevention Science, introduce their recent title.