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Marie C. on Charles Darwin

Our library marketing associate talks about her Darwin-inspired trip to study the flora and fauna of San Salvador

Marie C. | 15 Feb 2013

This Valentine’s Day, you’re my natural selection

In keeping with our Darwin Week theme, here are some e-cards for your sweetheart this Valentine's Day, adapted from Charles Darwin's 1871 study "On the Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex."

14 Feb 2013

Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin!

We remember Darwin for a lot of contributions to a seemingly infinite number of fields. But which discovery or advancement is the most important? Cambridge authors weigh in to commemorate 204 years of Darwin.

13 Feb 2013

Into the Intro: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and Evolutionary Thought

Happy Darwin Day! Today marks the 204th birthday of the legendary evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin. So this week at Cambridge University Press, we're paying tribute to one of our most prolific and important authors. To commemorate International Darwin Day and Darwin's innumerable contributions, go Into the Intro of the new volume The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and Evolutionary Thought.

12 Feb 2013

Interview with Dr Michael Scott

Dr Michael Scott visited us recently, and so we took the opportunity to interview him – where else but in a museum! Check out the videos below where he talks about his latest book ‘Space and...

7 Feb 2013

What the Western Powers Knew Before the Six-Day War

John Quigley discusses the Israel-Palestine conflict and the implications of the Six-Day War of 1967.

John Quigley | 6 Feb 2013

Dr Armand D’Angour talks Classics and Innovation at Festival Of Ideas

Dr Armand D’Angour, author of The Greeks and the New (2011), talks on the subject of ‘Classics and Innovation’ at the annual Cambridge Festival of Ideas. Part One:   Part Two: The...

5 Feb 2013

Into the Intro: Too Hot to Touch

On this edition of Into the Intro, we're featuring Too Hot to Touch: The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste. Nuclear waste is making headlines as the government flounders over how to manage some of the most dangerous substances on our planet. Even yesterday's Washington Post sought to bring the problem to the nation's attention. With this new book, William and Rosemarie Alley provide an insightful look into the debate over radioactive waste for anyone interested in or affected by this issue.

Rosemarie Alley, William M. Alley | 4 Feb 2013

An Editor’s Perspective on Tested by Zion

In our Q&A with senior editor Lewis Bateman, he reveals what drew him to Elliott Abrams' Tested by Zion and why the controversial topic makes it an important title.

1 Feb 2013

Nuclear Waste —Too Hot to Touch

The authors of Too Hot to Touch: The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste discuss the problem with America's disposal plans for the dangerous substances on our planet.

Rosemarie Alley, William M. Alley | 30 Jan 2013

Happy birthday, Pride and Prejudice!

There’s a whirlwind of activity both on and offline to celebrate the official bicentennial of Austen’s favorite classic, but here at our humble little blog, we just want to say: Thank you, Ms. Austen. Two hundred years later and your story about a gentleman with not a little pride and a woman with lots of prejudice is still a joy to read.

28 Jan 2013

Why I re-read Jane Austen

Our publicist Frances discusses why in a world with so much to read and so little time, Pride & Prejudice is a book worth opening again and again

Frances B. | 25 Jan 2013