Author Posts Security in a small nation? Events, dear boy, events… I’m not sure if it’s apocryphal or not, but Harold Macmillan supposedly once claimed that what politicians in government fear most is “events, dear boy, events”. For the academic, the publication
Author Posts Behaviour, Development and Evolution - an Introductory Blog (1/3) The Appearance of Design My book touches on many aspects of human nature. However, I regard the nature/nurture dichotomy as false. Nature refers to the end products of development and nurture to
Author Posts Behaviour, Development and Evolution - an Introductory Blog (2/3) The Importance of Adaptation From an early stage in its life each individual has to deal with many challenges. When young its ecology may be very different from that of the adult, in
Author Posts Behaviour, Development and Evolution - an Introductory Blog (3/3) A Perspective on Humans My central academic interests have been with the development and evolution of behaviour and I have long been concerned with the relevance of my work to humans. The notion
Behaviour, Development and Evolution - A Q&A with Sir Patrick Bateson Q: What would you say is the central concern of Behaviour, Development and Evolution? A: The active role of behaviour in the development of the individual and its impact on the evolution of
Author Posts Wallenstein: A Dramatic Poem - A Q&A with Flora Kimmich Q: How did translating Wallenstein: A Dramatic Poem compare to your first translation with OBP, Fiesco’s Conspiracy at Genoa? A: Wallenstein is in every sense a much bigger piece than Fiesco: three
Our Top Five Most Read Books of 2016 Happy New Year from Open Book Publishers! As we leave 2016 behind, join us in taking a look at our top 5 most read books of the year. 5. The Sword of Judith:
Libraries and Open Access Open Scholarly Publishing and Libraries: Putting Conviviality into the Workflow for Monographs The immaturity of open access monograph publishing compared with that of its siblings of journal and article publishing is well known. This is in spite of the evidence that “open access monograph publishing
Libraries and Open Access A Librarian’s Advice on Making the Most of Open Educational Resources Due to the advent of the World Wide Web, there has been a paradigm shift in educational systems, in terms of its aspirations and its systems and sources. Classrooms are changing; in virtual
Libraries and Open Access Acceso Abierto Accesible y Recursos de Información en Discapacidad y Derechos Humanos ¿Por qué Acceso Abierto Accesible? Bueno, en principio… ¿Y por qué no? Para el año 2017 habrán hecho ya 15 años desde la iniciativa de Budapest para el Acceso Abierto [http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.
