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Beckett’s Political Imagination

This book was a long time in the making – the research and writing took about ten years – and the ideas that gave rise to it go back even further, to the first time I read Beckett (nothing glamorous:...

Emilie Morin | 22 Aug 2017

Cambridge Author Predicts Mayweather vs McGregor Using Neuroscience

Merim Bilalić author of The Neuroscience of Expertise analyses the up and coming richest boxing match in history and predicts the outcome using neuroscience theory.

Merim Bilalić | 21 Aug 2017

Curbing Climate Change: Why it’s so hard to act in time

This summer I worked on the Greenland ice sheet, part of a scientific experiment to study surface melting and its contribution to Greenland’s accelerating ice losses. By virtue of its size, elevation...

Timothy H. Dixon | 18 Aug 2017

The Lives of the Philosophers – Why They Matter

The Lives of the Philosophers, a series published by Cambridge University Press, shows why biography is important and what it can tell us about the work of its various subjects. Sensitively charting the...

Daniel Blue | 16 Aug 2017

Was Teddy Roosevelt a Good Public Speaker?

President Theodore Roosevelt once overcame a speech impediment. Jeremy C. Young explores his journey as a public speaker.

Jeremy C. Young | 10 Aug 2017

Q&A with Panos Y. Papalambros

Panos Y. Papalambros, co-author of Principles of Optimal Design: Modelling and Computation, tells us more about the recent 3rd edition.

8 Aug 2017

How Big Pharma is Hindering Treatment of the Opioid Addiction Epidemic

“A crippling problem.” “A total epidemic.” “A problem like nobody understands.” These are the words President Trump used to describe the opioid epidemic ravaging the country during a White...

Robin Feldman | 8 Aug 2017

Synchronization and My Career

Recently, my book entitled “Synchronization in Digital Communication Systems” was published by Cambridge University Press.  As I mentioned in its preface, my fellow engineers and I have spent a lot...

7 Aug 2017

Science and Religion – the View Both Ways

“This is a ‘both-and’ book. Those who prefer confrontational ‘either-or’ discourse should look elsewhere”. This is how I conclude the Introduction of my recently published CUP book Genes, Determinism...

Denis Alexander | 20 Jul 2017

Reading Jane Austen

I’ve been reading Austen since childhood, and I am only half joking when I say that if you put me under light hypnosis, I could probably recite Pride and Prejudice word for word in its entirety. Between...

Jenny Davidson | 13 Jul 2017

White House in turmoil shows why Trump’s no CEO

Originally posted on The Conversation, Bert Spector, author of Discourse on Leadership, explains how recent White House turmoil relates to leadership theory

Bert A. Spector | 13 Jul 2017

Team Meetings or Ritualized Events? How (Not) to Build Effective Leadership Teams

Originally posted on Leaders at Work In the first few minutes of President Donald Trump’s inaugural cabinet meeting, the President seemingly encouraged all participants to, one by one, offer their allegiance,...

Bert A. Spector | 10 Jul 2017