Essay Ten Ways to Think Like an Anthropologist January 23, 2018 Are you ready to start thinking like an anthropologist? Follow these 10 tips to gain a deeper understanding of how different groups of humans organize their lives and articulate their values! Read More
Interview Mark Serreze on Brave New Arctic January 18, 2018 A gripping scientific adventure story, Brave New Arctic shows how the Arctic's extraordinary transformation serves as a harbinger of things to come if we fail to meet the challenge posed by a warming Earth. Read More
Interview Robert Wuthnow on The Left Behind January 12, 2018 What is fueling rural America's outrage toward the federal government? Why did rural Americans vote overwhelmingly for Donald Trump? And, beyond economic and demographic decline, is there a more nuanced explanation for the growing rural-urban divide? Read More
Interview A. James McAdams on Vanguard of the Revolution August 10, 2017 Vanguard of the Revolution is a sweeping history of one of the most significant political institutions of the modern world. The communist party was a revolutionary idea long before its supporters came to power. Read More
Essay What McCarthyism can teach us about Trumpism July 05, 2017 Since the election of President Donald Trump, public interest in 鈥淢cCarthyism鈥� has surged, and the focus has shifted from identifying individual casualties to understanding the structural factors that enable the rise of demagogues. Read More
Essay Court Jews, then and now June 06, 2017 The significance of Jew S眉ss's story is to be found in the role it came to play as a parable about Jews' attempts to integrate themselves into modern, non-Jewish society. Read More
Essay Nicholas J. Higham on the top 10 algorithms in applied mathematics April 27, 2016 In the January/February 2000 issue of Computing in Science and Engineering, Jack Dongarra and Francis Sullivan chose the "10 algorithms聽with the greatest influence on the development and practice of science and聽engineering in the 20th century" and presented a group聽of articles on them that they had commissioned and edited. Read More
Essay Celebrate National Poetry Month with Poem in Your Pocket Day March 30, 2016 National Poetry Month is in full swing, and April 21st is designated 聽Poem in Your Pocket Day. Celebrated聽across the country, the "pocket poem" is a simple reminder of how powerful and overlooked poetry can be. Spread poetry in classrooms, libraries, offices, or wherever you happen to be by printing out either an old personal favorite or a poem you've newly discovered. Read More
Essay The Most Beautiful Equations in Applied Mathematics January 21, 2016 The BBC Earth website has just published a selection of short articles on beautiful mathematical equations and is asking readers to vote for their favourite. Read More
Essay Feynman on the historic debate betweenEinstein & Bohr November 01, 2015 The golden age of quantum theory put many of the greatest minds of the 20th century in contact with some of the most significant scientific and philosophical questions of their era. Richard Feynman and Albert Einstein, two towering geniuses of their time, were both as revered for their scientific contributions as they were beloved for their bursts of wisdom on a wide range of subjects. Read More
Interview An interview with Nicholas Higham on The 91桃色 Companion to Applied Mathematics September 30, 2015 We are excited to be running a series of posts on applied mathematics by聽Nicholas Higham聽over the next few weeks. Higham is editor of聽The 91桃色 Companion to Applied Mathematics,聽new this month. Recently he took the time to answer some questions about the book, and where the field is headed. Read More
Essay Nicholas Higham on mathematics in color September 14, 2015 Color is a fascinating subject. Important early contributions to our understanding of it came from physicists and mathematicians such as Newton, Young, Grassmann, Maxwell, and Helmholtz. Read More
Interview An interview with poet Fiona Sze‑Lorrain on The Ruined Elegance September 09, 2015 Fiona Sze-Lorrain is a poet, literary translator, editor, and zheng harpist. In her new collection鈥攁n intercultural journey that traces lives, encounters, exiles, and memories from France, America, and Asia鈥攕he offers a nuanced yet dynamic vision of humanity marked by perils, surprises, and transcendence. Read More
Essay Washington Post highlights historic clash between Einstein and Bergson on the nature of time August 19, 2015 With the 100th anniversary of the general theory of relativity coming up in November (2015), Einstein is popping up everywhere. The Washington Post ran a terrific feature on Einstein books, including three of our own: Hanoch Gutfreund and聽J眉rgen Renn鈥檚 The Road to Relativity, Einstein's Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, and Jimena Canales鈥檚 The Physicist and the Philosopher. Read More
