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For the second post in our Acquiring Eye series, Executive Editor Chuck Crumly has written about the Ornithology books and journals he has his eye on: Almost all of us have experienced the delight of watching birds – listening to birds calling mournfully or happily or even unexpectedly, and enjoying their antics. For many, birds are [more...]  Eugenie C. Scott UC Press Science Publisher Chuck Crumly recently interviewed Eugenie C. Scott, author of Evolution vs. Creationism, about science, religion, and the evolution-creationism controversy. Scott is Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education and along with President Barack Obama and other luminaries, was recently named one of the Scientific American 10 [more...] [more...] Chuck Crumly, Science Publisher at the University of California Press, continues with the second in a short series of posts about the future of specialized textbooks in the college curriculum. One of the great strengths of science, as a way of understanding the world, is the connection between past research and future university-level teaching. Exciting scientific [more...] With students returning to college campuses across the country, textbooks are on the minds of students and faculty everywhere. Chuck Crumly, the Science Publisher at the University of California Press, takes some time to reflect on the current state of the textbook business in the United States. The cost of undergraduate textbooks has become more and [more...] |
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