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I have just read a very good book that throws major new light on the history of religion(s), the making of Scripture, and the relationship between

This March 14, Short Wave is celebrating pi ... and pie! We do that with the help of mathematician Eugenia Cheng, Scientist In Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and author of the book How to Bake Pi. We start with a recipe for clotted cream and end, deliciously, at how math is so much more expansive than grade school tests.Click through to our episode page for the recipes mentioned in this episode.Plus, Eugenia's been on Short Wave before! To hear more, check out our e...

Two women scholars have each written a new book on the Mexican Revolution, and both books take up the Mexican anarchist Ricardo Flores Magón (RFM), his associates known as the magonistas, and the Mexican Liberal Party that they founded.

The model of a free, independent, self-sustaining market achieving equilibrium by itself no longer seems realistic or relevant.

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It is a great tragedy that many modern military leaders and strategists do not understand economics. If they did, I suspect that there would be a lot less war, a lot less military spending, and a lot less wastefulness.

- Five books in contention for $50,000 prize for the best non-fiction book on international affairs published in English - TORONTO and WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A jury of

The winner will be announced on April 4.

/PRNewswire/ - A jury of expert international scholars and practitioners have selected the shortlist for the 2023 Lionel Gelber Prize. The Gelber Prize is...

The purpose of this article is to explain the origin and evolution of Russian imperialism and to discuss the war on Ukraine in that light of that understanding.