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What do economists mean when they refer to you as a “rational agent”? Why might a psychologist label your idea a “creative insight”? And how can different scientists disagree on the results of...
Last month, as part of our year-long celebration of Charles Dickens, Cambridge University Press invited high school students to participate in an essay contest inspired by the iconic author. Many of us...
As you probably can imagine, Cambridge publishes a lot of reference titles, and we are pleased to launch the “Cambridge Reference” series to spotlight the diverse and cutting-edge titles on our list. Our inaugural post is from John Potter and Neil Sorrell, the co-authors of A History of Singing (on sale now); in this two-part series, they discuss what inspired them to take on such a seemingly daunting topic.
History was kind to us as we were researching and writing Arms and the University between 2007 and 2011, for it was at the end of this period that the on-going movements to restore ROTC to campuses that...
In the end, it wasn’t enough. Despite closing the substantial lead enjoyed by his rival on the morrow of the first round of the French presidential election, Nicolas Sarkozy was still defeated...
Oh, sales conference. If you’ve ever worked in publishing, you know they’re non-stop, caffeine-filled days of hearing about new books, talking about new books, and planning for new books. From editors...
I came to editing The Cambridge Companion to Baseball as a scholar and teacher of literature, a baseball fan, and (of course) an admirer of the Cambridge Companion series. My work on the CCB thus began...
Hear from Denise Cummins about the making of Good Thinking: Seven Powerful Ideas That Influence the Way We Think, and don’t forget to check out this month’s installment of the Cambridge Book...
Last month, in light of the release of the documentary Bully, we asked you for your questions about how bullying is transforming adolescence, education, and parenting. Today, our expert authors answer your questions.
On the face of it, the first round of the French 2012 presidential elections went according to script. The Socialist candidate François Hollande—who came first with 28.6% of the vote—will square off,...
When we first began to discuss the Charles Dickens Bicentennial here at Cambridge University Press, my initial feelings were oddly of guilt. While others discussed the upcoming celebrations, I thought...
Charles Darwin’s theory of “natural selection,” competition, and “survival of the fittest” describes evolution during intervals of stability. It tells us that over time, slow and gradual change creates the fittest and most dominant species. Darwin’s evolutionary theory works well when climate is stable. But what happens when climate changes rapidly?
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