What We Are Reading Today: Wasps of the World

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Updated 17 August 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: Wasps of the World

  • “Wasps of the World” provides a breathtaking look at the diverse characteristics, habitats, and lifestyles of these extraordinary insects

Authors: SIMON VAN NOORT AND GAVIN BROAD  

Wasps have been around since before the dinosaurs and are one of the world’s largest insect groups. 

More than 150,000 species have been identified, and while the black-and-yellow insect with a cinched waist may be the most familiar, most wasps are 
tiny parasitoids that use other insects for food. 

“Wasps of the World” provides a breathtaking look at the diverse characteristics, habitats, and lifestyles of these extraordinary insects.

 


What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Mathematical Mechanic’ by Mark Levi

Updated 14 December 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Mathematical Mechanic’ by Mark Levi

Everybody knows that mathematics is indispensable to physics—imagine where we’d be today if Einstein and Newton didn’t have the math to back up their ideas.

But how many people realize that physics can be used to produce many astonishing and strikingly elegant solutions in mathematics?

Mark Levi shows how in this delightful book, treating readers to a host of entertaining problems and mind-bending puzzlers that will amuse and inspire their inner physicist.