In praise of the “holiday read”
Summer books features have become a staple of publishing – though their origins lie far back in the 19th century 1 June 2022 – Most of my family’s summer vacations were on the sea in Cape Cod, Massachusetts –...
Libraries, bitstreams and the threat to our repositories of knowledge
ABOVE: the landmark Tianjin Binhai New Area Library in Tianjin, northern China From printing press to internet, technology has driven the way we store the written word. But what are we at risk of losing? 12 December 2020 – Richard...
First Greek science agency is rare source of joy for beleaguered researchers
Blue-skies research in Greece gets a boost after six years of economic strain 8 August 2016 – A massive loan from the European Union’s investment bank gives Greek researchers their first ray of hope since the debt crisis hit six...
“Plato and the Promise of College”: from the U.S., a brilliant program for underserved youth
6 August 2014 – At a time when a lot of the talk about diminished social mobility in America is just that — talk, lip service, a wringing of hands rather than a springing into action — this...
A book by any other name: Amazon is actively trying to change the way we think of books
1 August 2014 – In the midst of the Hachette-Amazon wars as well as the launch of Kindle Unlimited, there has been much hand-wringing about what it means to be a publisher, a writer, and a reader. One...
Ελλάδα: η χώρα, η θάλασσα, το φως (Μέρος 1)
«Τα πάντα εδώ μιλούν σήμερα όπως έκαναν και αιώνες πριν, για τον φωτισμό. Εδώ το φως διαπερνά κατευθείαν την ψυχή σου, ανοίγει την πόρτα και τα παράθυρα της καρδιάς, σε αφήνει γυμνό, εκτεθειμένο, απομονωμένο σε μια μεταφορική...
Greece: the land, the sea, the light (Part 1)
“Everything here speaks now as it did centuries ago, of illumination. Here the light penetrates directly to the soul, opens the door and windows of the heart, makes one naked, exposed, isolated in a metaphysical bliss which makes...
Children do benefit from the right sort of digital screen time; today’s iPad is yesterday’s novel
26 March 2014 – There has been a wonderful series of articles in New Scientist over the last year on the brain and the neuroscience of reading. A few have focused on an issue every parent has grappled...
Τα παιδιά ωφελούνται από την έκθεση στις σωστές ψηφιακές οθόνες: το iPad του σήμερα είναι το βιβλίο του χθες.
26 Μαρτίου 2014 – Υπήρξε μια θαυμάσια σειρά άρθρων στο NewScientist κατά τη διάρκεια του προηγούμενου χρόνου, σχετικά με το μυαλό και τη νευροεπιστήμη του διαβάσματος. Μερικά από αυτά επικεντρώθηκαν σε ένα θέμα με το οποίο κάθε...
The case for making libraries full of toys and games
4 February 2014 – American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie’s public library legacy was built on a boyhood dream: to acquire knowledge. Carnegie believed in “the meritocratic nature of America,” that anyone “with the right inclination and desire could educate himself” and...