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Mathematics
August 9, 2022
Probability and Forensic Evidence
Theory, Philosophy, and Applications
Ronald Meester and Klaas Slooten
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Marc Goulet
In Probability and Forensic Evidence: Theory, Philosophy, and Applications (Cambridge UP, 2021), Ronald Meester and Klaas Slooten address the role of statistics and probability in the evaluation of forensic evidence, including …
Mathematics
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Interviews with mathematicians about their new books.
Architecture
July 8, 2022
Formulations
Architecture, Mathematics, Culture
Andrew Witt
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Bryan Toepfer
In Formulations: Architecture, Mathematics, Culture (MIT Press, 2022), Andrew Witt examines the visual, methodological, and cultural intersections between architecture and mathematics. The linkages Witt explores involve not the mystic transcendence …
Economics
June 30, 2022
Formal Models of Domestic Politics
Scott Gehlbach
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Peter Lorentzen
Formal mathematical models have provided tremendous insights into politics in recent decades. Formal Models of Domestic Politics (Cambridge UP, 2021) is the leading graduate textbook covering the crucial models that …
Economics
June 22, 2022
Don't Trust Your Gut
Using Data to Get What You Really Want in LIfe
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
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Peter Lorentzen
Today I talked to Seth Stephens-Davidowitz about his new book Don't Trust Your Gut: Using Data to Get What You Really Want in LIfe (Dey Street Books, 2022) Looking for advice on how …
Science
June 21, 2022
Plan S for Shock
Science. Shock. Solution. Speed.
Robert-Jan Smits and Rachael Pells
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Galina Limorenko
Plan S: the open access initiative that changed the face of global research. Robert-Jan Smits and Rachael Pells's book Plan S for Shock: Science. Shock. Solution. Speed. (Ubiquity Press, 2022) tells …
Music
June 9, 2022
Mathematical Music
From Antiquity to Music AI
Nikita Braguinski
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David Golland
What is mathematical music? In Mathematical Music from Antiquity to AI (Routledge, 2022), musicologist Nikita Braguinski discusses how mathematics has historically been used to make music, how it continues to …
Mathematics
May 10, 2022
Teaching Mathematics Through Games
Mindy Capaldi
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Cory Brunson
Games are an established aide in pre-college mathematics education. Meanwhile, innumerable popular books have investigated the mathematics of games. In a new edited volume for the AMS/MAA Classroom Resource Materials …
Scholarly Communication
April 13, 2022
The Science of Science
Dashun Wang and Albert-László Barabási
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Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Dashun Wang, Professor at the Kellogg School of Management and McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University, and also with Albert-László Barabási, Robert Gray Dodge …
Scholarly Communication
March 31, 2022
Science Research Writing
For Native and Non-Native Speakers of English
Hilary Glasman-Deal
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Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Hilary Glasman-Deal, teacher of STEMM communication at the Centre for Academic English, Imperial College London, and author ofScience Research Writing For Native and Non-Native Speakers …
Science, Technology, and Society
March 30, 2022
A New History of Modern Computing
Thomas Haigh and Paul E. Ceruzzi
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Austin Clyde
In A New History of Modern Computing (MIT Press, 2021), Thomas Haigh and Paul Ceruzzi trace changes leading to the computer becoming a ubiquitous technology. Over the past fifty years, the computer …
Sociology
March 28, 2022
Algorithms and the End of Politics
How Technology Shapes 21st-Century American Life
Scott Timcke
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Michael Johnston
As the US contends with issues of populism and de-democratization, this timely study considers the impacts of digital technologies on the country’s politics and society. In Algorithms and the End …
Language
March 23, 2022
Language Vs. Reality
Why Language Is Good for Lawyers and Bad for Scientists
N. J. Enfield
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Malcolm Keating
Nick Enfield’s book, Language vs. Reality: Why Language is Good for Lawyers and Bad for Scientists (MIT Press, 2022), argues that language is primarily for social coordination, not precisely transferring …
Science, Technology, and Society
March 21, 2022
The Atlas of AI
Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
Kate Crawford
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Matthew Jordan
What happens when artificial intelligence saturates political life and depletes the planet? How is AI shaping our understanding of ourselves and our societies? In The Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and …
Scholarly Communication
March 21, 2022
The Scientist’s Guide to Writing
How to Write More Easily and Effectively Throughout Your Scientific Career, 2nd ed.
Stephen B. Heard
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Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Stephen Heard, Professor of Biology at the University of New Brunswick. We talk about his book The Scientist’s Guide to Writing: How to Write More Easily …
Science, Technology, and Society
March 16, 2022
The Constitution of Algorithms
Ground-Truthing, Programming, Formulating
Florian Jaton
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Austin Clyde
The Constitution of Algorithms: Ground-Truthing, Programming, Formulating (MIT Press, 2021) is a laboratory study that investigates how algorithms come into existence. Algorithms--often associated with the terms big data, machine learning, or artificial …
Law
March 4, 2022
Predict and Surveil
Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing
Sarah Brayne
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Cory Brunson
Police use of advanced data collection and analysis technologies—or, "big data policing"—continues to receive both positive and negative attention through media, activism, and politics. While some high-profile cases illustrate its …
Science, Technology, and Society
February 16, 2022
Your Wit Is My Command
Building AIs with a Sense of Humor
Tony Veale
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Galina Limorenko
Most robots and smart devices are not known for their joke-telling abilities. And yet, as computer scientist Tony Veale explains in Your Wit Is My Command (MIT Press, 2021), machines …
Mathematics
February 10, 2022
Bernoulli's Fallacy
Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science
Aubrey Clayton
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Galina Limorenko
There is a logical flaw in the statistical methods used across experimental science. This fault is not a minor academic quibble: it underlies a reproducibility crisis now threatening entire disciplines …
Mathematics
February 1, 2022
Breaking Barriers
Student Success in Community College Mathematics
Brian Cafarella
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Cory Brunson
Students' success in mathematics at community colleges has been the subject of thorough quantitative research, which has reported poor overall results and described a range of explanations for them. Even …
Technology
January 20, 2022
In AI We Trust
Power, Illusion and Control of Predictive Algorithms
Helga Nowotny
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Galina Limorenko
Today I talked to Helga Nowotny about her new book In AI We Trust: Power, Illusion and Control of Predictive Algorithms (Polity, 2021).One of the most persistent concerns about the future is …
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