A series of interview with authors of new books from Princeton University Press
Judith Kelley is the author of Monitoring Democracy: When International Election Observation Works,
At the heart of our moral thinking lies trouble with our selves. The self lies at morality’s core;
Olivier Zunz is the author of Philanthropy in America: A History (Princeton University Press 2014).
[Re-posted with permission from Sol Lederman’s Wild About Math] I love novel ways of looking at arit
Imagine a boxing gym. What probably comes to mind is a large, run-down room on the upper floor of an
The book discussed in this interview is Everyday Calculus: Discovering the Hidden Math All around Us
[Re-posted with permission from Wild About Math] My favorite kind of math challenges are those that
From political campaigns to sports stadiums and hospital rooms, the concept of hope is pervasive. An
The trolley problem is a staple of contemporary moral philosophy. It centers around two scenarios i
Ellen D. Wu‘s The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority (Princeton
John Ahlquist and Margaret Levi are the authors of In the Interest of Others: Organizations and Soci
[Re-posted with permission from Wild About Math] I’ve admitted before that Physics and I have never
Beautiful Geometry (Princeton UP, 2014), by the mathematician prof. Eli Maor and the noted artist Eu
One of 2013’s most important new books in political science was The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the
From her first book about the Jewish philosopher Franz Rosenzweig, Leora Batnitzky has been heralded
By any measure, David Tod Roy‘s translation The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P’ing Mei, Vol. 1-5
Ken MacLeish offers an ethnographic look at daily lives and the true costs borne by soldiers, their
We’re all familiar with the thought that democracy is merely the rule of the unwise mob. In the hand
Our moral lives are shaped by a deep commitment to the moral equality of all persons. This thought
Tim Maudlin‘s Philosophy of Physics: Space and Time (Princeton University Press, 2012) is a clear, a
