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The Trouble with Trolls

Cambridge author John Suler explores ‘trolls’ in his new book Psychology of the Digital Age.

John Suler | 23 Sep 2016

Time is precious — optimize your approach to learning general relativity

Robert B. Scott, author of A Student's Manual for A First Course in General Relativity, 2016 considers the personal and professional reasons for writing his book and the best aspects of solutions manuals, offering advice on solving problems and getting the best out of the many resources available for learning general relativity

Robert Scott | 22 Sep 2016

Some thoughts on assembling a creature: editing The Cambridge Companion to Frankenstein.

Assembling The Cambridge Companion to Frankenstein raised some interesting questions at the developmental stage about the type of coverage that students would find helpful. Frankenstein is a novel that...

Andrew Smith | 21 Sep 2016

Sculpting the Earth

Landscapes of the Anthropocene So it seems that the Anthropocene is really here and the Holocene is over. Humans have significantly altered the surface of the Earth. Geologists in the Working Group on...

Andrew Goudie, Heather Viles | 20 Sep 2016

The Myth of Pragmatic Business Leadership

In a just-published research piece, a group of scholars from Harvard and University College of London posed a significant challenge to the supposed benefits of “fact-based” reasoning.[1]  The way...

Bert A. Spector | 19 Sep 2016

What is Conservation Behavior?

Oded Berger-Tal, Author of 'Conservation Behavior', tells us about the impact conservation behavior can have to develop practical tools to safeguard against biodiversity extinction.

Oded Berger-Tal | 16 Sep 2016

Rogue Agents

Kirsten McKenzie explores a radical new account of the legal, constitutional and administrative transformations that unfolded during the British colonial order of the 1820s.

Kirsten McKenzie | 13 Sep 2016

Why are Feminist Judgments Necessary?

Kathryn M. Stanchi, co-editor of Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Opinions of the United States Supreme Court (2016), reflects on the passing of Phyllis Schlafly and the history of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Kathryn M. Stanchi | 12 Sep 2016

Remembering the Great Fire of London, 350 years on

This week marks the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London. Here, author William Cavert casts new light on the possible causes of the disaster.

William Cavert | 7 Sep 2016

Jewish Scholars Explore “What Ifs?”

For more than three millennia, Jewish history has been marked by dramatic events.  Whether ancient or medieval occurrences, such as the Exodus from Egypt and the expulsion from Spain, or modern events,...

Gavriel D. Rosenfeld | 6 Sep 2016

More surprises in graphene-land

When Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov were preparing their first report on graphene back in 2004 [1], few would have imagined the impact that their paper would have today. Indeed, the story of graphene...

Jean-Christophe Charlier, Stephan Roche, Luis E. F. Foa Torres | 2 Sep 2016

The Court Poet and the Art of Memory

In this blog post Rory Loughnane, editor of The Memory Arts in Renaissance England, explores the importance of studying the Art of Memory.

Rory Loughnane | 30 Aug 2016