http://press.princeton.edu/blog Commentary and Insight from Princeton University Press's Authors and Staff Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:55:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Stuart Clark, author of our terrific book THE SUN KINGS: The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began, shortlisted in 2008 for the the 2008 Royal Society Prizes for Science Books, General Prize, will begin a series of weekly popular science/astronomy Twitter chats next ... http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2009/11/19/science-journalist-and-former-editor-of-astronomy-now-stuart-clark-to-begin-a-series-of-weekly-science-twitter-chats/ We are extremely pleased and thrilled to see our collaboration with the esteemed international news and commentary provider Project Syndicate and our new book THE PRINCETON ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE WORLD ECONOMY go live on their website.  They bring some of the world's most distinguished voices to a global community that includes 431 leading newspapers in 150 ... http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2009/11/17/project-syndicate-and-princeton-university-press-team-up-on-the-princeton-encyclopedia-of-the-world-economy/ Over at Balkinization, Brian Tamanaha describes his book Beyond the Formalist-Realist Divide as a corrective to this "largely false account". Click through to read more, but here's a tidbit or two: The United States legal culture has swallowed whole a largely false account of our legal history. The book demonstrates that ... http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2009/11/16/the-united-states-legal-culture-has-swallowed-whole-a-largely-false-account-of-our-legal-history-writes-brian-tamanaha-at-balkinization/ http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2009/11/16/ayala-fader-author-of-mitzvah-girls-at-bluestockings-in-nyc/ The Math Factor speaks with Michael Huber about, among other things, how he came up with the idea for the book Mythematics in which he uses the 12 labors of Hercules as a jumping off point for a series of mathematical problems. Turns out a visit to the MET inspired ... http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2009/11/16/i-love-the-kraken-declares-mathematician-michael-huber-as-a-nice-calculus-problem-that-deals-with-changes-in-angle/ I know. It sounds like a set up for a bad joke, but the answer is they are both proud owners of The China Diary of George H. W. Bush. The Examiner site reports that Yao Ming twittered about receiving a gift from former President George H. W. Bush--a copy of ... http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2009/11/16/what-do-yao-ming-and-george-h-w-bush-have-in-common-they-are-both-proud-owners-of-the-china-diary-of-george-h-w-bush/ As I posted earlier, Viktor Mayer-Schonberger was interviewed "live" on the Metanomics program in Second Life. Here are some screen shots from the interview. As you'll see, it was really well attended. The Metanomics studio space in Second Life. The view from the top of the auditorium. Metanomics host Robert Bloomfield (right) ... http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2009/11/16/it-seems-funny-now-but-what-about-in-fifteen-years-when-youre-running-for-elected-office-metanomics-host-robert-bloomfield/ Zocalo just posted a great interview with Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, author of DELETE. Do you agree with Viktor about the virtue of forgetting and the dangers posed by infinite and ageless digital memory? Post your comments below. http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2009/11/16/it-might-also-force-us-to-self-censor-viktor-mayer-schonberger-on-the-perils-of-digital-remembering/ It is very rare here in the Princeton Univ Press publicity dept to get interviews on Charlie Rose and Newshour, but we did just that this past week with Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff and their sizzling new book THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly.  They also ... http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2009/11/12/a-double-shot-this-time-is-different-on-charlie-rose-and-newshour/ An interesting series of comments on the cover design for This Time Is Different by Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff over at the Book Design review. What does the cover suggest to you? http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2009/11/10/what-do-you-think-of-the-cover-for-this-time-is-different/ Be part of the "live" studio audience when Metanomics interviews Viktor Mayer-Schonberger in Second Life this Wednesday at 12 PM pacific. If Second Life isn't your cup of tea, the interview will also be available on their web site later in the day. http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2009/11/09/metanomics-to-host-viktor-mayer-schonberger-this-wednesday-at-12pm-pac/ This just came across my desk. Rep. Steve Israel (NY-02) has introduced legislation to create an American Democracy Index that is built on the research of Heather Gerken at Yale. We recently published her book-length argument on the need to gather information about how we vote and create a national ... http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2009/11/06/heather-gerkens-democracy-index-one-step-closer-to-a-reality/