Howard Kunreuther and Mark Pauly, authors of Insurance and Behavioral Economics, explain consumer behavior and insurer incentives in one of the most misunderstood industries. Read More ?
How did openness become a foundational value for the networks of the twenty-first century? In the age of Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, we are increasingly focused on "open" digital standards. But what does that mean, and why do we value it? Andrew L. Russell explores these questions in this excerpt from his latest book, Open Standards in the Digital Age.
So I know it's not quite fall yet, but the spring books season is ending, BookExpo America is approaching, and we have a ton of new titles to get excited about. This fall (and summer), Cambridge is your one-stop shop for classical poetry, World War I history, explorations in physics, and political biographies. Take a look at few of the books we're looking forward to...
Marci A. Hamilton has updated her classic constitutional law book, God vs. the Gavel, to discuss the raging debate over contraceptive care and religious freedom. In this interview, she discusses the...
Anne Innis Dagg, the author of Giraffe: Biology, Behaviour, and Conservation, reveals some of the exciting new research on giraffes in her latest book.
Take a sneak peek at The Systems View of Life, the latest title from Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi. In this excerpt from the book's introduction, the authors look at the origin of our connected world and how we understand it.
Twenty-five years ago, one of the contributors to the new Cambridge Handbook of Stylistics started a conference paper by declaring that there could not be a handbook for the field of stylistics. Unlike...
Get creative with Canto and send us your photos to win a 7” Kindle Fire HD! #cantoselfie To be in with a chance of winning a Kindle Fire HD or 2 Canto Classics titles of your choice, all you need to...
Ioannis Ziogas, the author of Ovid and Hesiod, compares Vergil's story of Dido to the Austrian singer Conchita Wurst's performance last week at the Eurovision song contest in a nuanced reading of classical myth and gender metamorphoses.
John L. Brooke, the author of Climate Change and the Course of Global History, explains the reality of climate change and why changing course in the face of environmental disaster is proving a problem.
The authors of The Golem and The Golem at Large break down the unique format behind their groundbreaking series.
Why do we punish, and why do we forgive? Take an exclusive look inside The Punisher's Brain to understand how our modern systems of punishment are linked to our evolutionary history.