Yale Tech Books: Highlights
So, we need to talk about tech books. Technology, according to J. G. Ballard, always has unforeseen effects, often contrary…
Science
Voyaging in Strange Seas: An Interview with David Knight
‘A mind for ever voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone…’ – William Wordsworth, The Prelude The metaphor of…
Method in Madness: Discovering Prions
Despite initial scepticism from peers and critics alike, neurologist and biochemist Dr. Stanley B. Prusiner has developed a greater…
Emotional Robots and Erotic Dolls: Theories of Visual Culture
Using ideas from art history, visual culture, gender and sexuality studies with the medical humanities, Marquard Smith’s The Erotic…
Becoming Freud by Adam Phillips
From one of the world’s foremost authorities on Sigmund Freud comes a strikingly original biography of the father…
Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower
This gorgeous book – one of our favourite publications for the summer – explores depictions of the natural world…
Contagion: The Costs of Panic
Disease and commerce are among the most powerful forces that have shaped the modern world. They are also…
The Future of Clean Water
With the planet’s clean water sources strained by over-population and pollution, Yale University Press sat down with Water 4.0 author David…
Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It
Any discussion of suicide is incredibly emotionally charged. The sudden departure of an individual, as well as the…
The App Generation: Identity, Intimacy, and Imagination in a Digital World
No one has failed to notice that the current generation of youth is deeply – some would say…
Yale University Press Digital Report
It’s been a big year for digital projects at Yale University Press. Between the two offices in London and…
‘Where are the heroes’?
Heroism is aspirational, founded on tales of extraordinary individuals who overcame seemingly impossible opposition. However, in the modern…
Friendship: An Interview with Philosopher A. C. Grayling
A central bond, a cherished value, a unique relationship, a profound human need, a type of love. What…
Antoine–Laurent Lavoisier and the myth of phlogiston
Yale University Press’ Little Histories collection is a family of books that take a closer look at some…
Measuring pressure is tricky, just ask Stephen Hales’ horse!
Robert Boyle was fascinated by the world and he spent his life trying to explain why things are…