Keats' sonnet ''Great Spirits'' was written 200 years ago in 1816. We're celebrating this 200th anniversary with a blog post written by Susan Wolfson, author of Reading John Keats.
The Moon boasts an unexpected variety of landscapes - including volcanic features, sinuous valleys and ghost craters - which are readily visible from Earth. Now, a new practical guide called, Shoot the Moon, explains and demonstrates how you can capture impressive images of our nearest neighbour in space using a variety of different techniques.
'The Banach-Tarski Paradox' co-author Grzegorz Tomkowicz describes the differences between the first and second edition of the classic book and touches on the relationship between mathematics and natural sciences.
We want to see your most absurd holiday short films, in the spirit of Samuel Beckett.
The Ethics of Influence: Government in the Age of Behavioral Science is Cass R. Sunstein’s investigation into the ethical issues surrounding nudges, choice architecture and mandates. Read on for...
Richard Sobel, author of Citizenship as Foundation of Rights (2016) reflects on a controversial election.
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.
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...
With the 2016 election come and gone, Bert Spector reflects on leadership and resistance
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...
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...
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...