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Sharon Lawner Weinberg & Sarah Knapp Abramowitz authors of Statistics Using Stata give us an insight into Chapter 5 of their new book: Chapter 5, Exploring Relationships Between Two Variables.

Sharon Lawner Weinberg, Sarah Knapp Abramowitz | 15 Nov 2016

Curbing Catastrophe: Mars versus Global Warming

Mars versus Global Warming Elon Musk, CEO of Space-X and Tesla Motors, gave a talk on September 27, 2016 to the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico.  Musk advocated for a human...

Timothy H. Dixon | 10 Nov 2016

Speaking Up on Behalf of Resistance

With the 2016 election come and gone, Bert Spector reflects on leadership and resistance

Bert A. Spector | 9 Nov 2016

Statistics Using Stata: An Integrative Approach

With many decades of combined teaching experience to both undergraduate students at a liberal arts university and to graduate students at a large research university from a variety of disciplines including...

Sharon Lawner Weinberg | 8 Nov 2016

Learning Sciences: A Virtual Round-table (Week Four)

Last week, we asked the editors of Reflections on the Learning Sciences how to leverage digital media to create innovative environments This week, we ask: What are some misconceptions about learning...

R. Keith Sawyer, Michael A. Evans, Martin J. Packer | 7 Nov 2016

Leadership and Hubris

In Discourse on Leadership, I identify a 1977 article by Harvard psychologist Abraham Zaleznik as a seminal work in our interpretation of leadership.  Leaders, he argued, are folks who “develop fresh...

Bert A. Spector | 5 Nov 2016

Not-So-Lost in Translation – Canadian Literature in Japan

We find out more about the recent Japanese translation of The Cambridge History of Canadian Literature.

You can also read this interview with editors Coral Ann Howells and Eva-Marie Kröller about the original motivations for the Cambridge History.

4 Nov 2016

When ‘Third World’ Still Meant Hope

Christoph Kalter is the author of a new book,The Discovery of the Third World,which charts the parallel emergence of the 'Third World' concept and a new radical Left in France. In this article, he explores how the Third World concept has changed through history and what it means today.

Christoph Kalter | 4 Nov 2016

Curbing Catastrophe: Relative Risk and Terrorism

Tim Dixon, author of Curbing Catastrophe is a Professor of Geology and Geophysics at the University of South Florida, In his second blog Tim considers the relative risk of Terrorist attacks

Timothy H. Dixon | 3 Nov 2016

Delhi High Court Issues Historic Decision for Access to Knowledge and Education

*The views expressed here are those of Sara Bannerman in her capacity as a guest blogger and do not represent the views of Cambridge University Press or the University of Cambridge.*   In September,...

Sara Bannerman | 3 Nov 2016

The Citizenship Controversies

Richard Sobel, author of Citizenship as Foundation of Rights (2016) discusses immigration and the 2016 election.

Richard Sobel | 2 Nov 2016

Subjective Victimhood

Alex J. Kay explores the victim mentality of one of Hitler's most radical henchmen.

Alex J. Kay | 2 Nov 2016