• Jill Lepore and Callie Crossley talk tea parties

    Updated: 2010-09-03 01:43:46
    New in Print New Book E-Mails Princeton Global Science PUP Home Blog Sep 2 2010 Jill Lepore and Callie Crossley talk tea parties by Sarah Caldwell Filed in : American History Author Q A Pod Vodcast 11:50am EST Jill Lepore and WGBH’s Callie Crossley talk tea parties , rabble rousing , and the potent symbolism of revolutionary kitsch . 8221 Jill’s segment starts around the 36 minute mark . Less than a month until books are in Don’t be tardy for the party . THE WHITES OF THEIR EYES pubs October 6. Share This entry was posted on Thursday , September 2nd , 2010 at 11:50 am . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 discussion feed . You can leave a response or trackback from your own site . Leave a Response Name Email will not be published Website indicates required

  • How will you celebrate National Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month?

    Updated: 2010-09-03 01:43:46
    New in Print New Book E-Mails Princeton Global Science PUP Home Blog Sep 2 2010 How will you celebrate National Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month by Jessica Pellien Filed in : Publishing Twitter 12:12pm EST Didn’t know September was National Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month Well , read here for more information and then send a card or note to your favorite editor or writer you might want to start with our Princeton Global Science editors here Further suggestions from Angela Russell Sharpen all the pencils in the house . A writer needs one Stay off the computer . A writer might have an epiphany just as you are winning your game of . Solitaire Do not interrupt your loved one while they are working . I have lost many ideas this . way Do not let your toddler use the computer paper as a

  • PGS Exclusive: Explore the beauty of Seeds of Amazonian Plants

    Updated: 2010-09-03 01:43:46
    : New in Print New Book E-Mails Princeton Global Science PUP Home Blog Sep 1 2010 PGS Exclusive : Explore the beauty of Seeds of Amazonian Plants by Jessica Pellien Filed in : Birds and Natural History Princeton Field Guides Princeton Global Science Twitter 12:45pm EST One might wonder , Why a field guide to Seeds of Amazonian Plants Some Amazonian and Bornean forests support more than 300 species of trees per hectare among approximately 600 trunks . Conventional wisdom used to be that it was impossible to identify these trees in the field , but current researchers and travelers regularly identify trees in the field using leaves , bark , and . seeds The pictures below are but a small sampling of the beautiful , varied and complex seeds one might encounter in the Amazon and other lowland

  • PGS Series: Princeton Frontiers in Physics Series

    Updated: 2010-09-03 01:43:46
    : New in Print New Book E-Mails Princeton Global Science PUP Home Blog Sep 1 2010 PGS Series : Princeton Frontiers in Physics Series by Ingrid Gnerlich Filed in : Astronomy and Cosmology Physics Princeton Global Science Twitter 12:15pm EST Princeton University Press publishes an amazing number and variety of book series . Here , Ingrid Gnerlich , Senior Editor in Physical Sciences describes the rationale behind the series Princeton Frontiers in Physics and the types of books it will . encompass NASA The power to question is the basis of all human progress . Indira Ghandi The margins of exploration and discovery the edges of the unknown have always been a source of fascination to humankind . The mythical apple of knowledge has persistently tantalized , and nowhere is this truer than within

  • Michael Horowitz book event at Foreign Policy Research Institute Library, Philadelphia, PA

    Updated: 2010-09-03 01:43:46
    , , New in Print New Book E-Mails Princeton Global Science PUP Home Blog Sep 1 2010 Michael Horowitz book event at Foreign Policy Research Institute Library , Philadelphia , PA by Jessica Pellien Filed in : Events International Relations Political Science Twitter 2:52pm EST The Foreign Policy Research Institute will host a discussion with Michael Horowitz , author of The Diffusion of Military Power Details . below : Date Monday , September 20, 2010 : Time 11:30 12:30 : Location FPRI Library 1528 Walnut Street , Suite 610 Philadelphia , PA The event is free and open to the public but reservations are required . For more information visit : http : www.fpri.org events The Diffusion of Military Power looks at some of the most important military innovations throughout history , including the

  • Best Ed Books of the Decade at Education Next

    Updated: 2010-09-03 01:43:46
    Education Next is running a poll to identify the best education books of the last decade. Two PUP titles are featured: Troublemaker: A Personal History of School Reform since Sputnik by Chester Finn Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses: Solving the Funding-Achievement Puzzle in America's Public Schools by Eric A. Hanushek and Alfred A. Lindseth There are 44 contenders and voting has commenced, so head over and make your selection.

  • Announcing Princeton Global Science, a letter from the director

    Updated: 2010-09-03 01:43:46
    , New in Print New Book E-Mails Princeton Global Science PUP Home Blog Sep 1 2010 Announcing Princeton Global Science , a letter from the director by Jessica Pellien Filed in : Princeton Global Science Princeton University Press Publishing 6:05pm EST Dear , Readers Princeton Global Science PGS , available here http : princetonglobalscience.org is a new initiative of Princeton University Press highlighting the work of our authors and their books in addressing the great scientific and technological issues alive in the world . today On the first and fifteenth of each month we will be featuring on the Princeton Global Science blog a recent PUP author , book , series , or other publication that delivers an important message on scientific research , science policy , or the connection between

  • PGS History, The Meaning of Relativity by Albert Einstein

    Updated: 2010-09-03 01:43:46
    , New in Print New Book E-Mails Princeton Global Science PUP Home Blog Sep 1 2010 PGS History , The Meaning of Relativity by Albert Einstein by Jessica Pellien Filed in : Physics Princeton Global Science 12:14pm EST This is the first in a series of entries into Princeton Global Science that will consider important science books published during the first 100 years of Princeton University Press’s publishing program . Our current authors and books stand on the shoulders of giants and continue the important work begun in the early twentieth century . We hope you enjoy these excerpted entries from A Century of Books In the spring of 1921, five years after the appearance of his comprehensive paper on general relativity , and twelve years before he left Europe permanently to join the Institute

  • Cluster Collisions Switch on Radio Halos

    Updated: 2010-08-30 06:00:00
    This is a composite image of the northern part of the galaxy cluster Abell 1758, located about 3.2 billion light years from Earth.

  • Galactic Super-volcano in Action

    Updated: 2010-08-18 06:00:00
    This image shows the eruption of a galactic "super-volcano" in the massive galaxy M87.

  • A Galactic Spectacle

    Updated: 2010-08-05 06:00:00
    A beautiful new image of two colliding galaxies has been released by NASA's Great Observatories.

  • Black Hole Jerked Around Twice

    Updated: 2010-07-21 06:00:00
    This image shows the effects of a giant black hole that has been flipped around twice, causing its spin axis to point in a different direction from before.

  • A Black Hole Slingshot?

    Updated: 2010-06-30 06:00:00
    Evidence for a recoiling black hole has been found using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, XMM-Newton, the Hubble Space Telescope, and several ground-based telescopes.

  • X-ray Discovery Points to Location of Missing Matter

    Updated: 2010-05-11 06:00:00
    At a distance of about 400 million light years from Earth, a massive "wall" of galaxies stretching tens of millions of light years.

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