Month: April 2012
Wild Thing is an occasional series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and fauna of the natural world—from the rarest flower to the most magnificent beast. Guest post by Michael J. Harvey, J. Scott Altenbach, and Troy L. Best Most people know very little about bats. Misconceptions and superstitions about them abound. Bats…
Guest post by Yaacov Ro’i In August 1979 I attended the International Political Science Congress in Moscow. There I had the privilege of directly experiencing the subject of my academic work, the Soviet regime and Soviet society. Even more exciting, however, … Continue reading →
Guest post by Yaacov Ro’i In August 1979 I attended the International Political Science Congress in Moscow. There I had the privilege of directly experiencing the subject of my academic work, the Soviet regime and Soviet society. Even more exciting, however, … Continue reading →
In Over the Transom, an occasional series on this blog, we’ll walk you through every step of the bookmaking process, giving you a behind-the-scenes look at just how much work goes into turning a good idea into a great book. … Continue reading →
Whew, spring is moving along quickly here in Mobtown! Here’s a brief rundown of some new JHU Press news and recent, current, and near-future happenings. Awards Congratulations to Andrew Scott Dolkart, whose The Row House Reborn: Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City, 1908-1929 last night received the Antoinette Forrester Downing Award from the Society of …
Guest post by Steven Gimbel We love Albert Einstein, and by “we” I mean most everyone. Fifty-seven years after his death and you can still find everything from T-shirts and bumper stickers to dolls and finger puppets bearing his likeness. Part of this is because he reshaped the way we see the universe in deep and …
By Brendan Coyne, exhibits and awards manager E-books and Amazon. If you're a reader (which presumably you are, since you're visiting the blog of a university press), and especially if you happen to work in the book publishing business, both e-books and Amazon.com are inescapable entities, and deservedly so. Though Michael Hart's Project Gutenberg created…
By Janet Gilbert, Direct Mail and Renewals Coordinator, Journals There is a volunteering group Here at the Hopkins Press, That was set up to foster Teamwork and togetherness. Yes, our adjacent buildings on North Charles Street in the city Are bridged by the activities of The Press Social Committee! One lunchtime meeting, long ago, We got…
By Janet Gilbert, Direct Mail and Renewals Coordinator, Journals There is a volunteering group Here at the Hopkins Press, That was set up to foster Teamwork and togetherness. Yes, our adjacent buildings on North Charles Street in the city Are bridged by the activities of The Press Social Committee! One lunchtime meeting, long ago, We got…
Guest post by E. Paul Zehr Or should we first see if we can build any kind of brain at all? On the surface it seems like an almost trivial exercise. All you need to do is figure out how the brain functions, then run some computer simulations, use the outcomes of the simulations to…