‘How To’ is a book by Randall Munroe that provides absurd, yet scientifically accurate, advice to solve common problems. The book covers a wide range of topics, from how to play football on the moon to how to build a lava moat. The book is hilariously entertaining while also being educational, as it explains complex scientific concepts in a simplistic, easy-to-understand manner.
A groundbreaking exploration into the troubling world of deepfakes, AI-generated synthetic media altering reality, and the impending Infocalypse.
Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human body as a healer and shows how trauma can be a catalyst for transformation and awakening.
In ‘They Both Die at the End,’ Adam Silvera tells a touching story about two boys, Mateo and Rufus, who receive calls from Death-Cast informing them they will die within the day. They meet through an app called Last Friend and spend their final hours together, exploring what it means to live and love with the end in sight.
This book explores the mathematical concepts hidden in the popular TV show The Simpsons. It reveals how the writers, many of whom are mathematicians, have woven number theory, geometry, and calculus into the fabric of the show.
The 1619 Project is an ambitious, influential initiative by The New York Times, aiming to reframe American history by considering 1619 as the start of this nation—when the first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia. The book explores how every aspect of contemporary American life has been significantly shaped by slavery and its aftermath, from capitalistic economy and infrastructure, to music and cultural expressions.
War and Peace is a sweeping narrative that chronicles the tumultuous events of the Napoleonic era through the lives of Russian nobility.