La Dott.ssa Kelly Weinersmith approfondisce il mondo dei parassiti che manipolano il comportamento dei loro ospiti. La sua ricerca offre uno sguardo affascinante sulle intricate relazioni tra organismi e sul profondo impatto che queste entità microscopiche possono avere. Attraverso il suo lavoro, illumina i modi complessi e spesso sorprendenti in cui la vita interagisce.
"The Most Dangerous Game is the second published SMBC collection. This collection is made up of comics hand-selected by the author for humor, poignancy, and mass appeal from his entire archive until September 2011. As a bonus, the pages of the book contain a miniature choose your own adventure with over 120 entries."--From publisher's website.
American policy-makers have long been locked in a heated battle over whether, how many, and what kind of immigrants to allow to live and work in the country. Those in favor of welcoming more immigrants often cite humanitarian reasons, while those in favor of more restrictive laws argue the need to protect native citizens. But economist Bryan Caplan adds a new, compelling perspective to the immigration debate: He argues that opening all borders could eliminate absolute poverty worldwide and usher in a booming worldwide economy—undeniably benefiting all of humanity. With a clear and conversational tone, exhaustive research, and vibrant illustrations by Zach Weinersmith, Open Borders makes the case for unrestricted immigration easy to follow and hard to deny.
Selection of strips from the daily webcomic Saturday morning breakfast cereal (aka SMBC).
--Soonish investigates ten different emerging fields, from programmable matter to augmented reality, from space elevators to robotic construction, to show us the amazing world we will have, you know, soonish