Proceeding largely country by country, Sebastian Strangio penetratingly explores Southeast Asia’s multifaceted struggle with its behemoth Chinese neighbor.
Book Review: A Profound Meditation — “Mathematics for Human Flourishing”
Put bluntly, Mathematics for Human Flourishing is quite possibly the most profound meditation on mathematics I have read.
Book Review: So Much More than Spirituality — “Bouquet of White Roses”
Those readers who embrace spiritual adventure — reincarnation as a mode of family therapy — will be illuminated and entertained by this book.
Book Review: A Precarious Plenitude — “Digital Divisions: How Schools Create Inequality in the Tech Era”
In this beautifully written, shrewdly researched, and artfully argued book, Matthew Rafalow contends that how teachers understand and regulate their students digital know-how has profound consequences.
Book Review: Up Close and Personal? — “The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us”
With journalistic flair, The Years That Matter Most brilliantly shows how, in terms of college opportunities, the scales of justice tilt in favor of the wealthy.
Book Review: A Troubling yet Timely Screed — America’s Debilitating “Meritocracy Trap”
Though its prose veers into academic rough patches, the volume does what it sets out to do, brilliantly portraying how the delusive demon of meritocracy has led America into its current socioeconomic quagmire.
Book Review: “The Future is Asian” — Challenging Western Ideology
Marshaling statistics, maps, scholarly literature, news articles, and reports, The Future is Asian cogently dramatizes the reasons behind Asia’s re-ascendance to economic, political, and cultural primacy.
Book Review: More than Meets the Eye — “Galileo’s Idol: Gianfrancesco Sagredo and the Politics of Knowledge”
Readers interested in early modern science, Renaissance studies, or Galileo will undoubtedly savor this trailblazing work of history.
Book Review: How Science Fared in the Enlightenment — At the Halle Orphanage
Kelly Joan Whitmer does two things very well: she tells a vibrant tale of intellectual reform and shines a light on less prominent historical actors in the history of science.
Book Review: In the Dutch Golden Age – When Science Becomes Profitable
Cutting edge scholar Dániel Margócsy has penned a fascinating study about the early collisions of art, profit, and science.