Books published by Cambridge University Press

The Infinite Monkey Theorem is an idea frequently encountered in mass market science books, discourse on Intelligent Design, and debates on the merits of writing produced by chatbots. According to the Theorem, an infinite number of typing monkeys will eventually generate the works of Shakespeare. Shakespeare and Nonhuman Intelligence is a metaphysical analysis of the Bard's function in the Theorem in various contexts over the past century. Beginning with early-twentieth century astrophysics and ending with twenty-first century AI, it traces the emergence of Shakespeare as the embattled figure of writing in the age of machine learning, bioinformatics, and other alleged crimes against the human organism. In an argument that pays close attention to computer programs that instantiate the Theorem, including one by biologist Richard Dawkins, and to references in publications on Intelligent Design, it contends that Shakespeare performs as an interface between the human and our Others: animal, god, machine.

This Element offers suggestions for how teachers might re-think the ways in which they present Shakespeare performed to their students particularly as a powerful way of building personal and critical responses to the plays.

This series has been developed for the Cambridge Primary Global Perspectives Curriculum Framework (0838).

This volume engages with the centrality of the popes within the Catholic Church and the claim of papal authority as it was exercised through the institution's various governing instruments. Addressing the history of the papacy in the longue durée, it highlights developments and the differences between the first and second millennium of the papacy. The chapters bring nuance to older historiographical models of papal supremacy, focusing on how apostolic primacy was contested and re-negotiated, and how the contours of power relationships shifted between center and periphery. The volume draws attention to questions about papal supremacy across time, place, and transnational lines; the function of law in the exercise of papal authority; the governance of the church in the form of the Curia, synods, and regional and ecumenical councils; the governance of the Papal States; the management of finances and church-state relations; and the relationship between papal temporal and spiritual authority.

"A comprehensive and user-friendly guide to paediatric anaesthesia written by practising experts. Thoroughly updated to reflect current clinical practice and now covering advances in interventional practice, neonatal anaesthesia, and the effects of anaesthesia on the developing brain. An ideal resource for both trainees and practitioners"--

"A comprehensive guide to assessing and treating insomnia using evidence-based cognitive and behavioural therapeutics (CBTx). With detailed instructions on treatment formulation and delivery, alongside practical examples, the book equips clinicians to select the most appropriate CBTx for each patient and implement treatment in everyday practice"--

"The intersecting lives of the great Carthaginian general Hannibal and his Roman adversary Scipio led to one of the most fateful rivalries of antiquity. This absorbing joint biography shows not only how their careers illuminate one another but also how they lived through momentous times which both helped to shape"--

This book is the first systematic study of the resistance movement against India's brief period of dictatorship during the 1970s.

Australian Banking and Finance Law and Regulation provides a comprehensive, up-to-date and accessible introduction to the complexities of contemporary law and regulation of banking and financial sectors. This is an essential guide for those aiming to understand the ever-evolving landscape of Australian banking and finance law and regulation.

This original study provides a fresh perspective on how legal concepts and principles derived from non-Western legal systems can revitalise sustainable development in international law. It is essential reading for international and environmental law scholars, legal historians, and scholars of African studies, legal pluralism and Indigenous studies.

Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance is an indispensable resource for academic researchers, practitioners and students studying corporate governance.

This is the first book to analyze empirically-supported treatments by using the newest criteria from the APA's Society of Clinical Psychology, Division 12. Clinicians, scholars, and students all need to stay updated on the treatment research, and this book goes beyond providing updated treatment information by pointing readers to other useful treatment manuals and websites for continuing to stay up-to-date. The chapters, all written by prominent experts, highlight the best available evidence for specific disorders by breaking treatments down into credible components. With an emphasis on treatment for adults, chapters also share information about treatments for youth. Other variables that influence treatment are discussed, including assessment, comorbidity, demographics, and medication. Each chapter also corresponds with a chapter in the companion book, Pseudoscience in Therapy, presenting a full picture of the evidence base for common treatments.

The book of Ecclesiastes is the Bible's problem child. Its probing doubts, dark ruminations, self- reflexive dialogues, and unflinching observations have puzzled and fascinated readers. This study offers a coherent portrait of the book and its author, the early Jewish sage known as Qoheleth, examining both through a philosophical lens.

Bringing together philosophy, religion, and science, this study questions if personal salvation is possible without the reality of change. Emily Qureshi-Hurst focuses on salvation in the block universe, using Paul Tillich's method of correlation to explore a methodology that makes connections between science and religion possible and desirable.

This study argues that the seven letters of Paul, widely assumed as authentic, should be reclassified as pseudonymous. Nina E. Livesey suggests that authors of Pauline letters exploited the letter genre for its rhetorical benefits to promote disciplinary teachings, and dates the letters' emergence to the mid-second century.

A powerful and illuminating re-examination of Heidegger's understanding of existential death and its enduring importance for philosophy and life, this book explains the pivotal role which death plays in Being and Time, in the development of Heidegger's mature thinking, in the post-Heideggerian continental tradition, and beyond.

After the collapse of the pro-Nazi dictatorship of Ion Antonescu in 1944, Jewish survivors in Romania sought to recuperate their rights and assets. This study analyzes both the attempts of the transitional government to repeal antisemitic legislation, and the later communist nationalizations that once again dispossessed Jewish communities.

This book examines the place and status of the Black soldiers of the British Army's West India Regiments from the late eighteenth century until their disbandment in 1927. Analysing their depiction in word and image, it sheds important new light on debates about race, Britishness and military service.

This book presents the first scholarly treatment of medieval English ladies-in-waiting. It will appeal to specialists in medieval monarchy and women's history, as well as literary scholars who will benefit from the historical background of women's roles in courtly life.

Lucian Staiano-Daniels uses the transnational story of a single regiment to examine how ordinary soldiers, military women, and officers negotiated their lives within the chaos and uncertainty of the seventeenth century. This pathbreaking book unifies the study of war and conflict with social history.

Amidst a global rule of law crisis, this book shows how the rule of law is eroded by algorithmic regulation under the guise of efficiency, leading to algorithmic rule by law. It offers examples of how public authorities' use of algorithmic regulation already threatens liberal democracy, and calls for action.

Addressing an imbalance in early modern studies, Bonnie Lander Johnson reveals how, through interest in popular plant cultures and beliefs - tree ballads, embroidery, pedagogical tales, almanacs - Shakespeare put illiterate culture in contact with questions usually deemed learned and elite: theology, politics, the military and medicine.