What We Are Reading Today: Birds of Belize

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Updated 23 August 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: Birds of Belize

  • It covers all regularly occurring bird species found in the region and features facing-page plates and text that make field identification easy

Authors: STEVE N. G. HOWELL AND DALE DYER 

Belize is one of the world’s premier birding destinations, home to a marvelous array of tropical birds and beautiful habitats ranging from verdant rain forests and extensive wetlands to rolling pine savannas and the country’s famed barrier reef.

“Birds of Belize” is the essential illustrated pocket guide to this birder’s paradise.

It covers all regularly occurring bird species found in the region and features facing-page plates and text that make field identification easy. 

 


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Behind Deep Blue’ by Feng-Hsiung Hsu

Updated 17 December 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Behind Deep Blue’ by Feng-Hsiung Hsu

On May 11, 1997, millions worldwide heard news of a stunning victory, as a machine defeated the defending world chess champion, Garry Kasparov.

“Behind Deep Blue” tells the inside story of the quest to create the mother of all chess machines and what happened at the two historic Deep Blue vs. Kasparov matches. Feng-hsiung Hsu, the system architect of Deep Blue, reveals how a modest student project started at Carnegie Mellon in 1985 led to the production of a multimillion-dollar supercomputer.