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Textbooks: Not just for your syllabus anymore
While the idea of a “favorite textbook” may be an oxymoron for students, a good one can affect more than just a grade. Spurred by a New York Times writer who claimed that no one
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Just Published
“Just Published” announces new books by APS Members. If you have published a book within the past year, e-mail a brief description of the book to [email protected]. Brain Gender Melissa Hines 2005 Oxford University Press
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Opening Skinner’s Box Causes Controversy
A team of behavioral researchers has published a study that questions the authenticity of a chapter from Lauren Slater’s book, Opening Skinner’s Box, in which the author resurrects a volatile experiment that for years damaged
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Disaster Relief
Six months after Hurricane Katrina displaced residents of the Gulf Coast areas of Louisiana and Mississippi, relief efforts are still underway. By now, most of the thousands of faculty and students have returned to their
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Go Away. Here’s How.
What began with a simple click at www.cies.org led me to an abundance of once-in-a-lifetime opportunities and, eventually, to Nepal. I received the Fulbright Award in March of 2004 along with an offer to choose
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Divided We Lose
I can remember a lunch I once had with Leon Festinger. We used to lunch once a week in New York at our favorite Italian restaurant, Il Bambino. Back in those days, one could have