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#EarthDay Climate Change Will Wipe Out Blue Whales Within a Decade

Robert L. Wilby, author of Climate Change in Practice, considers the culture of 'alternative facts' and discusses the legacy of Earth Day, the 'demise' of the Blue Whale and the importance of checking the details.

Robert L. Wilby | 10 Apr 2017

Why Shakespeare’s Plays Matter

After another season of bardolatry, in this blog post, Ewan Fernie explains why Shakespeare matters today - and it might not be for the reasons you think...

Ewan Fernie is author of Shakespeare for Freedom.

Ewan Fernie | 7 Apr 2017

The Long, Long Trail: Making Sense of Third Ypres

Mark Connelly discusses the Third Battle of Ypres, or Passchendaele, as it is so regularly called.

Mark Connelly | 6 Apr 2017

Celebrating National Poetry Month: American Poetry from 1945-2017

It seems only fitting at the start of National Poetry Month to think about what the art form that it celebrates might offer us at this moment in 2017.  Two key figures in the last 75 years of American...

Jennifer Ashton | 6 Apr 2017

It Is Best to Accept the Banach Tarski Paradox

In October 2016, a few months after our book appeared, I was at an AMS conference in Denver where Andreas Blass told me of an interesting fact related to the Banach–Tarski Paradox (BTP). I will summarize...

Stan Wagon | 5 Apr 2017

Writing The Russian Revolution, 1917

Rex A. Wade discusses the challenges and rewards of writing the third edition of The Russian Revolution, 1917

Rex A. Wade | 5 Apr 2017

A Brief Interview with Barry Mazur and William Stein

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.

William Stein, Barry Mazur | 4 Apr 2017

On priors and posteriors in statistical inference, Bayesian always and everywhere?

Tore Schweder, co-author of Confidence, Likelihood, Probability, examines whether or not prior distribution is needed if it is not based on data.

Tore Schweder | 4 Apr 2017

5 minutes with Milan Vojnovic

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.

Milan Vojnovic | 4 Apr 2017

Warning! Intelligence Not Included

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.

Jose Hernandez-Orallo | 4 Apr 2017

Drawing 3D graphics in R

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...

Duncan Murdoch | 4 Apr 2017

Pivotal Tools for Undertaking Research in Statistical Design

Tarun Kumar Roy discusses how 'Statistical Survey Design and Evaluating Impact' addresses the two fundamental statistical designs, sample survey and experimental or evaluation designs.

Tarun Kumar Roy | 4 Apr 2017