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  • 3 Mar 2010

    Beatles-Mania in Pennsylvania

    In the half-century since their founding, the lives and lyrics of The Beatles have won the hearts of an international fandom spanning generations... and captured the interest of two Penn State professors. Catch a clip of Cambridge Companion to the Beatles Editor Ken Womack and Contributor Jerry Zolten being interviewed on WPSU and check out an excerpt of the book.

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  • 25 Jan 2010

    Editing the History of Canadian Literature

    Manuela Constantino of the quarterly Canadian Literature picked the perfect interview subjects for their latest issue: editors and contributors from The Cambridge History of Canadian Literature, including our own Sarah Stanton. * * *

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  • 17 Oct 2008
    Martin Gardner

    The Martin Gardner Interview – Part 5

    This 5th and final installment in Don Albers’ long interview with Martin Gardner clarifies his philosophical theism, tackles pseudoscience, and glimpses what he’s up to now. Remember, he’s still at it. Gardner just released revised editions of his Scientific American columns here at Cambridge, and has other projects in the works too. Start from the […]

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  • 10 Oct 2008
    Martin Gardner

    The Martin Gardner Interview Part 4

    This continues Don Albers’ long interview of Gardner from last week. Or, start from the beginning. Adam, Eve, and Navels DA: In 1979, you talked about retiring from Scientific American that year, because you were going to turn 65. Some of us expressed real sadness at the fact that you weren’t going to be cranking […]

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  • 25 Sep 2008
    Martin Gardner

    The Martin Gardner Interview Part 2

    Continuing from last week, we’ll continue with Don Albers‘ 2004 interview with Martin Gardner right where we left off: Navy Service DA: In December of 1941, the U.S. entered World War II and you enlisted in the Navy. Gardner: I ended up serving on DE 134, a destroyer escort, in the Atlantic. I was miserably […]

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  • 18 Sep 2008
    Martin Gardner

    The Martin Gardner Interview

    Three years ago, Martin Gardner‘s good friend, MAA Editorial Director Don Albers, interviewed him at length about his childhood, the roots of his fascination with math, and about his career. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be posting the interview in chunks, because his story is absolutely fascinating. * * * On October 21, Martin […]

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