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What to Read for Leap Year

By PublicityTeam on February 27, 2024

Every four years, something special happens at the end of February: because the Earth’s orbit around the Sun is not a perfect 365 days, but instead roughly 365 and one quarter, an extra day appears on our calendars to help the cosmological books balance. And speaking of cosmological books, if

Five Questions with Laura Mamo, Author of “Sexualizing Cancer”

By PublicityTeam on November 13, 2023

In honor of University Press Week, November 13 through 17, 2023, university presses around the globe are celebrating and sharing the incredible impact that the work of this global community of university presses has on every one of us. This year’s theme is #SpeakUP, which provides an opportunity for presses

Read an Excerpt from “Deep Water” by Riley Black

By PublicityTeam on November 7, 2023

What lies beneath the surface of the ocean has mystified humankind for millennia. Today, we have explored more of the surface of the Moon than we have the deep sea. What thrives in these mysterious depths, how did these life-forms evolve from ancient life, and how has this environment changed

Read an Excerpt from “Mountains of Fire” by Clive Oppenheimer

By PublicityTeam on September 29, 2023

In Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes, Clive Oppenheimer invites readers to stand with him in the shadow of an active volcano. Whether he is scaling majestic summits, listening to hissing lava at the crater’s edge, or hunting for the far-flung ashes from Earth’s greatest eruptions,

Six Questions with Anthony J. Martin, author of “Life Sculpted: Tales of the Animals, Plants, and Fungi That Drill, Break, and Scrape to Shape the Earth”

By PublicityTeam on August 29, 2023

Meet the menagerie of life-forms that dig, crunch, bore, and otherwise reshape our planet. Did you know that elephants dig ballroom-sized caves alongside volcanoes? Or that our planet once hosted a five-ton dinosaur-crunching alligator cousin? In fact, almost since its fascinating start, life was boring. More than a billion years

Five Questions with Christina Dunbar-Hester, author of “Oil Beach: How Toxic Infrastructure Threatens Life in the Ports of Los Angeles and Beyond”

By PublicityTeam on February 14, 2023

San Pedro Bay, which contains the contiguous Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, is a significant site for petroleum shipping and refining as well as one of the largest container shipping ports in the world—some forty percent of containerized imports to the United States pass through this so-called America’s

Five Questions with the Editors of the Oceans in Depth Series

By PublicityTeam on January 24, 2023

Humanity’s interaction with the ocean has spawned industries, exchanges, stories, and knowledge. The University of Chicago Press’s new book series, Oceans in Depth, puts the ocean at the center of our narratives about the past to explore different dimensions of our histories. The first book in the series was published

Read an Excerpt from “Rethinking Hypothyroidism” by Antonio C. Bianco, MD

By PublicityTeam on December 19, 2022

Hypothyroidism affects approximately five out of a hundred Americans, and hundreds of millions worldwide. It occurs when the thyroid gland malfunctions or after thyroid surgery, causing thyroid hormone levels in circulation to drop. Thus, treatment is aimed at bringing these hormone levels back to normal, usually with daily tablets of

Watch the #ByTheBook Talk for Jack Ashby’s “Platypus Matters”

By PublicityTeam on October 25, 2022

Scientifically informed and funny, Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals is a firsthand account of some of Australia’s most wonderfully unique animals—and how our perceptions impact their futures. When a platypus first appeared in British scientific society, some were certain it was taxidermic trickery—with a duck’s bill and

A Shark Week Reading List

By PublicityTeam on July 25, 2022

Dun dun…it’s Shark Week! To celebrate we have put together a reading list of books from Chicago and our distributed presses that help illuminate different aspects of sharks including their beauty, their biology, and our relationship to them. Basking with Humpbacks: Tracking Threatened Marine Life in New England Waters Todd

5 Questions with Janet Voight and Peggy Macnamara, authors of “From the Seashore to the Seafloor: An Illustrated Tour of Sandy Beaches, Kelp Forests, Coral Reefs, and Life in the Ocean’s Depths”

By PublicityTeam on May 31, 2022

Have you ever walked along the beach and wondered what kind of creatures can be found beneath the waves? We can find the answers in From the Seashore to the Seafloor, an exciting collaboration between a renowned scientist and a leading scientific illustrator. With brilliant artwork and accessible scientific descriptions,

5 Questions for Lee Alan Dugatkin, author of “Power in the Wild: The Subtle and Not-So-Subtle Ways Animals Strive for Control over Others”

By PublicityTeam on May 10, 2022

From the shell wars of hermit crabs to the machinations of mongooses, power struggles in the animal kingdom are as diverse as they are fascinating. In Power in the Wild, behavioral ecologist and brilliant storyteller Lee Alan Dugatkin illuminates their surprising range and connections. Beloved for his bestselling book How

An Earth Day 2022 Reading List

By PublicityTeam on April 20, 2022

University Presses like Chicago are committed to making available works that not only keep us informed but also help us to better understand the world and climate around us. To celebrate Earth Day, we have put together a reading list of recent books from Chicago and our client publishers that

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Read an Excerpt from “We Are All Whalers” by Michael J. Moore

By PublicityTeam on December 22, 2021

The North Atlantic right whale is a species so endangered that there are likely more researchers in the world studying them than there are individual whales in the sea. Killed by entanglement in fishing lines and collision with boats moving along global shipping routes, their population has declined more than

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Ghosts in the MRI, a Guest Post from John Lardas Modern

By PublicityTeam on December 1, 2021

In Neuromatic: Or, A Particular History of Religion and the Brain, John Lardas Modern offers a powerful and original critique of neurology’s pivotal role in religious history. In this original piece below, adapted from his research, he looks at one specific instance of the attempt to use technology to measure

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Dipesh Chakrabarty Receives Honoray Doctorate from the École normale supérieure

By PublicityTeam on October 21, 2021

We are honored to count Dipesh Chakrabarty, the Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History and South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago, among our most renowned authors. In addition to his most recent book with us The Climate of History in a Planetary Age, he

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