Archive for July, 2009
PW On Cambridge 425!
Publisher’s Weekly this week features an article about 425 years of evolution at Cambridge University Press.
Interns Blog: Grammar Nazism vs. Common Sense
Now, I’ve been called a Grammar Nazi many times over, but I do believe there is a clear difference between a person truly deserving of that unfortunate title and others, like myself, who believe that some rules should just be common knowledge for native speakers of the English language.
Paul Kinzer Photographs Jupiter Himself
Last week, Paul Kinzer answered my questions about planetary impacts, notably the recent one involving Jupiter. Last night, he went out with his own modest amateur astronomer’s kit to see if he could snap some pictures himself. Here’s what he found.
Boston Globe Reviews Norwood
The Boston Globe reviewed Stephen Norwood’s The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower yesterday. Norwood’s book is an extensively researched indictment of American Universities’ cooperation with Nazis in the buildup to World War II.
Mind-boggling physics–printed and bound
In the DNA of my family the science gene went astray. My father was a civil engineer who designed suburban roadways, but all I inherited from him was an excellent sense of direction. My cousin teaches high school science but I’ve a sneaking suspicion it’s because he likes to blow things up. I had somehow managed to avoid the nitty-gritty of most things scientific until I came to work for Cambridge.
Categories
