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The Long Process of Development

Robin Grier, the co-author of The Long Process of Development, takes a close look at how history and economic development are inextricably linked.

Robin Grier | 12 May 2015

Where Did Your Head Come From?

What were the first large (i.e. non-microscopic) animals to evolve on Earth? We don’t know the answer to this question for certain, but one shrewd guess is that they were a bit like some of today’s...

Wallace Arthur | 11 May 2015

Everyone Thinks That They’re A ‘Responsible’ Person. Where Do You Stand?

Author Christine Hemingway explores the topic of responsibility, and introduces us to the Corporate Social Entrepreneur.

Christine A. Hemingway | 8 May 2015

Memories Are the Key Not to the Past, But to the Future

Lynn Ann Watson, the co-editor of Clinical Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory, explores the power of memory, particularly for those suffering from PTSD.

Lynn Ann Watson | 7 May 2015

What Is an Animal?

What is an animal? Silly question, surely? Everybody knows what an animal is – don’t they? If you look at the two creatures in the image to the left, you’ll see one that’s an animal and one that’s...

Wallace Arthur | 6 May 2015

The Earliest Bonds Died With You

Moshe Milevsky, author of King William's Tontine (2015), looks back to 17th Century finance for 21st Century economic solutions.

Moshe A. Milevsky | 5 May 2015

May The Fourth Be With You… and your book shelf

Today is ‘May The Fourth’ – a day that excites millions of fans of the Star Wars franchise worldwide, and plays on the film’s famous ‘May the force be with you’ line....

Andrew Martin | 4 May 2015

Word Order in French

Author Ron Batchelor explores French language and the tricky topic of word order.

Ronald Batchelor | 30 Apr 2015

Understanding Management

Cambridge Companions to Management is an essential resource for academics, graduate students and reflective business practitioners seeking cutting-edge perspectives on managing people in organizations. In...

29 Apr 2015

The Politics of Parliamentary Debate

Sven-Oliver Proksch and Jonathan B. Slapin, the authors of The Politics of Parliamentary Debate, compare the systems of debate that keep governments from the US to Germany to New Zealand considering different points of view.

Sven-Oliver Proksch, Jonathan B. Slapin | 24 Apr 2015

Catch Up on Your Philosophy

At the American Philosophical Association’s Pacific Division Meeting this month, we got to sit down with six Cambridge authors to discuss their latest studies in philosophy. You can hear about everything...

23 Apr 2015

Finding Panchayats

I found the panchayat, or Indian village council, by accident and by luck. Trained as a historian of Britain, I had been working on a study of British trade unions and arbitration during the nineteenth...

22 Apr 2015