Just released another new film on our new YouTube channel: youtu.be/sivQ-jbZ2oM. It’s the first in a 3-parter on quantum mechanics. In this first one I look at the early observations that shook our understanding of physics.
Kate Farquhar-Thomson
@kateft.bsky.social
Spaniel owner and lover of nature and rural pursuits. Head of Publicity, Europe at Princeton University Press, UK
Check out this interview in the Czech online news website Seznam Zprávy with Paul Chaisty, co-author with Stephen Whitefield of How Russians Understand the New Russia: www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/zahra... #EuropeanReviewOfTheWeek 🇨🇿 🗞️
Putinův režim má vážné problémy, říká velký znalec Ruska - Seznam Zprávy
Navzdory velkým potížím ruský režim zkolabovat nemusí. Alespoň podle Paula Chaistyho, který působí na Oxfordské univerzitě. Má za to, že ruské protizápadní postoje souvisí hlavně s jakousi národní…
seznamzpravy.cz
How Russians Understand the New Russia by Paul Chaisty and Stephen Whitefield was reviewed in the Slovakian daily newspaper Hospodárske noviny: vikend.hn.cz/c1-67858750-... #EuropeanReviewOfTheWeek 🇸🇰 🗞️
„Američané jsou jen bohatí Rusové.“ Co Trump a Putin udělali z devadesátkového geopolitického vtipu
Ruský i americký vládce zavlekli své země do války z volby, nikoli do války z nutnosti. A nejen to. Jak nynější lídři Spojených států a Ruska zacházejí se světem a jak se to promítá do národů, jimž…
vikend.hn.cz
Check out this lovely early review of The Revolution to Come by Dan Edelstein in Swedish newspaper @svenskadagbladet1.bsky.social! #EuropeanReviewOfTheWeek 🇸🇪
Thank you to Marijn Jongsma for his excellent interview with Barry Eichengreen in @fd.nl! Eichengreen's new book, Money Beyond Borders, is out now! fd.nl/economie/159... #EuropeanReviewOfTheWeek 🇳🇱 🗞️
🎁 ‘De dollar is in mijn leven nog nooit zo dicht bij het kantelpunt geweest’
Het grillige beleid van de regering-Trump tast het vertrouwen in de dollar aan. Slecht nieuws, vindt de Amerikaanse econoom Barry Eichengreen, want er staat geen opvolger klaar. ‘Er is de…
fd.nl
Great to see this thoughtful review of Insecurity Politics by sociologist Lorenza Antonucci in @derstandard.at: www.derstandard.de/story/300000... #EuropeanReviewOfTheWeek 🇦🇹 🗞️
Wie hohe Lebenskosten und Jobsorgen Populisten zum Aufstieg verhalfen
Große Unsicherheiten im Alltag waren viel mehr der Treiber für die populistische Welle als das Thema Migration, wie eine britische Studie zeigt. Männer sind besonders anfällig
derstandard.de
Check out this interview with Hugo Drochon, author of Elites and Democracy, in Italian newspaper @lefigaro.fr (€): www.lefigaro.fr/vox/politiqu... #EuropeanReviewOfTheWeek 🇮🇹 🗞️
Hugo Drochon : «L’union de Bardella avec l’aristocratie peut plaire car c’est une élite ancienne et non technocratique»
ENTRETIEN - Après la une de Paris Match consacrée à Jordan Bardella et Maria Carolina de Bourbon des Deux-Siciles, puis le dîner de Marine Le Pen avec une quinzaine de grands patrons, le politologue…
lefigaro.fr
@jimalkhalili.bsky.social's On Time is now available for preorder! This book provides answers to the questions about time that philosophers and scientists have been asking for millennia. Preorder your copy today: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #Time #Physics #Science
#Agenda 26 April 2026, 2:00 pm Bildmuseet-Umeå, Sweden @vdignum.bsky.social, in conversation with museum director and curator Katarina Pierre.
Next week, 19 May at 7:30 pm BST, @brighthink.bsky.social welcomes @helenpearson.bsky.social for a discussion of her new book, Beyond Belief! Her work tells the story of the evidence revolution and underscores the importance of evidence in all facets of our lives. Get tickets here: buff.ly/sBGGzW6
For more about Marion Turner's work, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with Marion about her book The Wife of Bath. #books #literature #chaucer @princetonupress.bsky.social
The History of Literature Podcast@holpod.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe History of Literature literary tour group had the pleasure of having lunch and conversation with University of Oxford professors David Womersley and Marion Turner. What a delight to chat with two special guests of the podcast about their works in person! #books @princetonupress.bsky.social
"The lie, grave as it may be, still presupposes an implicit respect for truth. Bullshit treats it as optional. And for that reason, as Frankfurt observes, it is far more corrosive to democratic life.” Stefano Carpani reviewed our anniversary edition of On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt for La Stampa 🇮🇹
"Beyond Belief" by @helenpearson.bsky.social is a gripping account of the evidence revolution: the ongoing effort to apply experimental data to everything from conservation to parenting. https://loom.ly/xEYR1YA
I’m on BBC Radio’s More or Less talking about my book, Beyond Belief. I explain how Dr Spock's unsubstantiated advice to put babies to sleep on their fronts fuelled a rise in infant deaths (SIDS) A powerful cautionary tale on importance of studies to find causes. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Radio 4 - More or Less, Dr Spock’s dangerous advice on baby sleep
How evidence eventually showed front sleeping was linked to sudden infant deaths
bbc.co.uk
I now have fancy graphics for my book, which I rather like👇 ➡️Two weeks until it’s out, on April 28th! Preorders *really* help raise the visibility of the book - and help support evidence and facts 🙏 @princetonupress.bsky.social
📢 My book, Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works, is out 28th April. 🚨🚨 “an incredibly engaging popular science book that illustrates why we should care about good quality evidence.” Preorders *really* help! 🙏 @princetonupress.bsky.social press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Beyond Belief
The remarkable story of the global movement championing the idea that evidence, not opinions, should guide our decisions
press.princeton.edu
Ahead of the release of @jimalkhalili.bsky.social's highly anticipated new book On Time on 1 Sep, we invite you to check out his BBC podcast, The Life Scientific. In it, he talks to scientists about their life & work, what inspires them, & what their discoveries might do for us in the future. (1/2)
BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific
Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work.
bbc.co.uk
20 Books to Read in February as recommended by @grandcontinent.bsky.social includes the new book by @vdignum.bsky.social, The AI Paradox! @florianlouis.bsky.social calls it ‘[Un] petit livre percutant’ – read the full review here:
20 livres à lire en février 2026 | Le Grand Continent
On répète souvent que le futur n'a jamais été aussi incertain, que le présent nous appelle, que l'histoire bégaie. Mais on n'en prend pas mieux la mesure qu'en lisant. Pour nous aider à sortir de…
legrandcontinent.eu
Congratulations to PUP publicist Charlotte Coyne (@charlottecoyne.bsky.social), who's been shortlisted for a Publishers Publicity Circle Award for her work on The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom by David Woodman! 🎉 Read more: bit.ly/4bi8YE8
@princetonupress.bsky.social author Nicholas Money features in this @economist.com article 'Spore of the moment: mushrooms are the latest wellness-food trend'.Check out his forthcoming pbk Fungi and Human Life: The Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines That Fill Our World www.economist.com/culture/2026...
Spore of the moment: mushrooms are the latest wellness-food trend
They are being mixed into coffee, cocktails and chocolate
economist.com
A HUGE thank you to the wonderful team at Five Star Cars in Birmingham who have been looking after my ruck sack left behind on a rail replacement bus for @gwr.com last week and then returned it to me last night in Oxford safe and sound! I can't thank you enough!🙏🎒🚖🚆😥
NEW✨ Contradictions of wokeness and privilege in the new elite We Have Never Been Woke by @musaalgharbi.bsky.social @stonybrooku.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social. #Review by Suraj Beri 👇
Contradictions of wokeness and privilege in the new elite - LSE Review of Books
Musa al-Gharbi’s We Have Never Been Woke argues that contemporary elite claim the language of social justice while reinforcing economic and social inequality
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On the road for Thanksgiving? 🦃 Queue up this Ideas Podcast episode featuring philosopher @petersinger.info, author of Consider the Turkey: press.princeton.edu/ideas/ideas-... #Philosophy #Thanksgiving #ListenUP
@carlbfrey.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk professor and author of How Progress Ends, joins a panel of experts next week, 24 Nov at 7:00 pm GMT, at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social to discuss how AI will affect the world of work and our economic prospects Get tickets for this in-person event: buff.ly/8YqnWtE
Lovely to see @nicolecrust.bsky.social's new book Elusive Cures reviewed in @nature.com. Andrew Robinson calls it ‘fascinating’ – find out for yourself by ordering a copy today!
Ancient graffiti and brain complexities: Books in brief
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
nature.com
On “Money Talks”, we sit down with Nobel laureates Joel Mokyr and Philippe Aghion to discuss the work that earned them this year’s economics prize
Prize guys: we speak to this year’s Nobel-winning economists
Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, our interviews with Joel Mokyr and Philippe Aghion
econ.st
@carlbfrey.bsky.social, author of How Progress Ends, which is shortlisted for the @financialtimes.com & Schroder’s Business Book of the Year, has a full—nearly bursting!—audience here at the @oxmartinschool.bsky.social tonight!
NEW✨ How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations by @carlbfrey.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social argues that progress is in the successful balance of innovation and implementation. #Review by Phil Bell. @ox.ac.uk @lseevents.bsky.social
Progress is in the balance between innovation and implementation - LSE Review of Books
How Progress Ends by Carl Benedikt Frey examines 1,000 years of technological development claiming progress has hinged on balancing innovation & implementation.
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