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The author of Games and Mathematics discusses how he came to recognize the fascinating relationship between the games we play and the math they're built on.
If the consequences were not so terrible, there has always been something faintly comic about the ways in which the powerful respond to those who challenge and defy them. Their indignation, even rage show that they may be the last to give up belief in the myths of power they have woven around themselves. Those they rule, however, may have other ideas. During the past couple of years there has been plenty of evidence for this across the Middle East.
If you read the headlines, you probably think that the last few weeks of tax battles and partisan bickering on Capitol Hill make "Congress" and "problem solving" sound like contradictory ideas. But check out this book to understand why the prevailing assessment of the federal legislature as dysfunctional and paralyzed fails to give Congress enough credit for the strides it actually makes.
Welcome to 2013 at Cambridge University Press! A new year means new books, which means we are very excited.
Recently, we caught up with A Short History of Ireland author John O'Beirne Ranelagh for an interview. He told us about prominent figures he has met, his plans for future writing, and a horror story starring a water pipe!
Huw Bennett, author of Fighting the Mau Mau, tells us about being inspired to write the book, as well as the practical and moral dilemmas in doing so...
With the publication of Lectures on Quantum Mechanics, we took the opportunity to interview its author, Professor Steven Weinberg, to find out more about his beginnings in Physics, his career, and his...
If the significance of the “Flynn Effect” is appreciated, we will stop looking at IQ trends as exotic numbers and see them as signs of social problems, changing social relationships, and what aging does to our minds.
Our library marketing associate discusses the latest biopic to hit theaters: the life of the mysterious poet Emily Dickinson
Welcome to Into the Intro, the series where we share snippets from the titles we're most excited about. This week we're honoring Lloyd S. Shapley and press author Alvin E. Roth, winners of The Nobel Prize For Economics 2012.
Welcome to Into the Intro: Mental Heath Awareness Week edition. In this installment we'll give you a peek into one of our biggest fall titles, Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life's Greatest Challenges, a book from leading mental health professionals on how to become stronger, how to bend but not break, and how to make the best out of bad situations.
Presidents and Civil Liberties from Wilson to Obama: A Story of Poor Custodians is ambitious in scope, covering the civil liberties records of all modern presidents. We sat down with the author, a widely quoted expert on issues of civil liberties, policing and criminal justice policy, for a fascinating discussion.
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