What We Are Reading Today: ‘Wild Orcas’

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Updated 10 July 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Wild Orcas’

Author:  Hanne Strager & Catherine Denardo

Of the world’s iconic predatory species, orcas are among the most fearsome. Their awesome physical power combined with their cooperative hunting skills and ability to problem-solve make them uniquely efficient killers. Yet orcas also celebrate births, grieve losses, and maintain lifelong family bonds. This stunningly illustrated book draws on five decades of field research and cutting-edge science to provide an incomparable look at the biology, natural history, culture, and conservation of these awe-inspiring marine animals. 

 


What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Rising Sea’ by Ravi Vakil

Updated 15 December 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Rising Sea’ by Ravi Vakil

Decades ago, Mumford wrote that algebraic geometry “seems to have acquired the reputation of being esoteric, exclusive, and very abstract, with adherents who are secretly plotting to take over all the rest of mathematics.”

The revolution has now fully come to pass and has fundamentally changed how we think about many fields of mathematics.

This book provides a thorough foundation in the powerful ideas that now shape the landscape, with an informal yet rigorous exposition that builds intuition for the formidable machinery.