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When calling to request review copies of books, columnist Nat Hentoff always has kind words for Cambridge; something that’s lovely to hear from a writer of his stature. Among his favorite books of...
This article appeared in The Guardian yesterday. A few days before Sally Hunt, general secretary of the University and College Union (UCU), spoke at the demonstration for Palestine earlier this month,...
In case you were wondering how books are really produced, our digital marketing colleagues at Macmillan have produced a handy little documentary, From the Typewriter to the Bookstore. I hope that this...
Alan Wheatley of Reuters recently examined the research of Cambridge author Yasheng Huang in his analysis of capitalism in China. Huang’s research is especially interesting in that it turns conventional...
The Ludwig von Mises Institute posted a look at our own Boldrin/Levine project Against Intellectual Monopoly on their blog back on New Year’s Eve. I missed it until now, but it’s worth a read. In ...
From Mauritius, most of the way home to England after years at sea, Darwin recalls some of the highlights of his journey in a letter to his sister Caroline. He and the entire crew are very homesick, and...
Dig the smoldering crater. Here at Cambridge, when we hear “Galapagos,” we think Darwin. Many people do. But he didn’t catalog all of the strange creatures there. 150 years after Darwin’s...
Scott at Grey Matters posted the Martin Gardner documentary last week. It was awesome. This week, he’s back with more, and this time it’s a veritable treasure-trove of Gardner goodness. An...
Happy New Year, everyone. Now back to work! Playtime is over, kids. Or maybe it’s just beginning. The roster of authors this year will bring us a lot of great articles. I thought I’d give a...
What a great find! We’ve had a lot of fun with the new Martin Gardner books around here, but I always find that there is more to discover about him. David Suzuki’s The Nature of Things featured...
I love this letter. It’s a very cool peek into colonial Australia (Tasmania, really) through the eyes of Charles Darwin, of all people. Darwin is amazed that the level of social refinement in Hobart...
Charles “connoisseur of deserts” Darwin has reached Cape Town, which he finds to be a great mass of boarding houses and inns, bustling with travelers to the far East and back. The word “Nabobs”...
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