The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

The Hindu On Books newsletter aims to take you deeper into the world of literature every week. Written and curated by Sudipta Dutta, this newsletter comes to you with book reviews, reading ...

Using rare textual sources in Persian and Sindhi, this book reconstructs how men in early modern South Asia left “traces” of themselves in monuments and books that they hoped would outlive them. Omar ...

Mar 13, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Jenny Odell The African political leader’s autobiography, My Country, Africa, also offers a larger story of empire, oppression, and resistance on the continent.

In her children’s stories, Clarice Lispector disguised philosophical questions in cheerful, kooky fables about exuberant animals with places to be. By Joumana Khatib In Linda Joan Smith’s ...

Books made into movies also can be a great way to inspire kids who aren't big readers to crack open a novel they might otherwise have ignored. For more page-to-screen adaptations, be sure to check out ...

In the memoir “Firstborn,” Lauren Christensen writes about losing the daughter she was expecting. By Amy Bloom Our columnist on the month’s best releases. By Sarah Lyall Saou Ichikawa ...

Fathom is inviting experts to select their three favourite books about a subject. The series began with Sara Hirschhorn on settlements. Here, Gil Troy discusses three books on Zionism. There are many ...

Several best-selling books have inspired new and returning television series this year as well as box office movie magnets like the conclusion to Jon M. Chu’s Wicked and Regretting You based on ...

Economists call this chain of developments the transmission mechanism. My focus here is on the first link in that chain. With a change in the overnight rate, other interest rates along the maturity ...

The physical and emotional changes that come with puberty can be challenging for tweens, but these books can help. From expert guides filled with biological facts to the funny Wimpy Kid installment in ...

March 11, 2025 • Willow Winsham's new book on witches, past and present, offers a fun, fast, well researched historical summary that is also a stunning work of art. February 26, 2025 ...