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The Art of Glass Making in Venice

Venice is renowned the world over for its glass-making traditions. People from far and wide visit the lively industrial island on the northwest side of the city called Murano, for centuries the center of glass production.

Joanne M. Ferraro | 30 Jul 2012

Defining What is the Good

Natural law theory continues to be influential in thinking about jurisprudence. John Finnis’s 1980 “Natural Law and Natural Right” is said to have revived natural law thinking, and it continues to be reprinted and listed among top sellers in the philosophy of law. This trend is particularly important because of the claim of such thinkers to have separated natural law theory from metaphysics.

Owen Anderson | 27 Jul 2012

Q&A with RHS Whitfield Prize winner Jacqueline Rose

Author Jacqueline Rose has been crowned the winner of the prestigious Royal Historical Society 2012 Whitfield Prize for her book ‘Godly Kingship in Restoration England‘. The President announced...

26 Jul 2012

The Allure of Venice Revealed by San Diego State University and Joanne M. Ferraro

Treat yourself to a micro Venice vacation this afternoon, courtesy of San Diego State University and Venice: History of the Floating City author Joanne M. Ferraro.  Read More ?

26 Jul 2012

Peter Singer is Not the Anti-Christ

Peter Singer is an influential leader in philosophy and bioethics—but his opinions are controversial at best. Charles C. Camosy attempts to explain one of the most polarizing figures in modern philosophy.

Charles C. Camosy | 25 Jul 2012

Summer 2012

Publicity intern Katie describes her experiences working at Cambridge University Press.

23 Jul 2012

Venice, Unmasked

Explore one of Italy's most fantastic medieval cities with this slideshow.

20 Jul 2012

Judea Pearl on the future of causality and computer intelligence

Part Two of our interview with Judea Pearl, as he talks about the future of causality and computer intelligence.

19 Jul 2012

Venice on Facebook

Have you been to La Serenissima? Share your favorite photo on our Facebook page! Read More ?

19 Jul 2012

A nation obsessed with weather? No, I am talking about America!

As a Brit, it’s traditional to believe that these cloudy and wet islands in the firing line of a succession of Atlantic storms are home to the most weather-obsessed nation on the planet. Not a bit of...

Stephen Burt | 18 Jul 2012

Bioethics: What It Is And Why It Is Important

Ethics is the study of right and wrong, of which actions we should and shouldn’t perform. Not all the things we do are morally evaluable of course. If I trip over a carpet something has happened to...

Marianne Talbot | 16 Jul 2012

A Walk Through Venice

First the Cambridge Book Club took you to London, now it’s on to Venice! This month we’re highlighting Venice: History of the Floating City by Joanne Ferraro (on sale August 14).

Joanne M. Ferraro | 13 Jul 2012