The best recent books on science and technology
Our six picks include books about how to live longer and why rising temperatures could kill you
A cogent look at the potential of AI to transform the economy and society, along with the risks of misuse and surveillance. By a co-founder of DeepMind, a leading AI company, and board member of The Economist’s parent company.
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Books for young children that you can read over and over and over
Parents will enjoy these, too
Books that imagine that history took a different course
What if Hitler had won and Hillary Rodham had broken up with Bill Clinton?
What to read about America’s culture wars
Four books on controversies that helped to shape the presidential election
What to read about grief and bereavement
Six books about feelings that are both universal and unique to the person experiencing them
Books that probe the secrets of the Mossad
Seven books on Israeli intelligence agencies, which are spearheading the offensive against Hizbullah in Lebanon
An introduction to Lebanon, perhaps the next front in a wider war
Four books and a film on a pivotal Middle Eastern country