Discovery: Research at Princeton
Findings, feature articles, books and awards from Princeton University researchers
G. John Ikenberry, the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs in Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, provides the most systematic statement yet about the theory and practice of Continue Reading →
Brian Kernighan, a celebrity in the world of computer science, has written a new book hailed as essential reading for non-geeks. D is for Digital (selfpublished, 2011) explains computers in everyday language and is Continue Reading →
Daniel Rodgers, Princeton’s Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, offers a powerful reinterpretation of the ways in which the decades surrounding the 1980s changed America in his Bancroft Prize-winning book. Through a contagion of visions Continue Reading →
Translations never produce quite the same phrasing, feeling or meaning as the original, according to Princeton professor David Bellos. In his 2011 book, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Continue Reading →
Thomas Christensen explains how problems in alliance politics complicate coercive diplomacy in international relations and thereby make war more likely and peace accords harder to reach. Christensen is the William P. Boswell Professor of World Continue Reading →
How important are government policies and institutions in encouraging savings? Very important. My book shows that people tend to save more when they are offered accessible, convenient and safe savings institutions. In the United States Continue Reading →
Poems, grocery lists and other works provide fascinating insights into Michelangelo’s personality — at times introspective and melancholy, at other moments light-hearted and irreverent. In his book Michelangelo: A Life on Paper, Leonard Barkan, the Continue Reading →