Books by Kate Kitagawa
“Reading the book was the first time I understood properly what calculus was about, by reading how it was developed, step by step. What they have managed to do is to give mathematics a narrative history that can be understood by non-mathematicians, and this requires a lot of skill. There’s a wonderful phrase they use at some point in the book: ‘Mathematics is a relay’. They bring out very fluently the ways in which the baton is passed on.” Read more...
The 2024 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding
Charles Tripp, Political Scientist
Interviews where books by Kate Kitagawa were recommended
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Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
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Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories
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The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Global History of Mathematics & its Unsung Trailblazers
by Kate Kitagawa & Timothy Revell -
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Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare
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Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues
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The Tame and the Wild: People and Animals after 1492
by Marcy Norton
The 2024 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding, recommended by Charles Tripp
The 2024 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding, recommended by Charles Tripp
The British Academy Book Prize is awarded annually for a nonfiction book that combines rigorous research with engaging writing—and promotes global cultural understanding. Charles Tripp, chair of this year’s judging panel, explains what that means and introduces the six books that made the 2024 shortlist.
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Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
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Vergil: The Poet's Life
by Sarah Ruden -
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Ian Fleming: The Complete Man
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The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Global History of Mathematics & its Unsung Trailblazers
by Kate Kitagawa & Timothy Revell -
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The Chile Project: The Story of the Chicago Boys and the Downfall of Neoliberalism
by Sebastian Edwards
Notable Nonfiction of Fall 2023, recommended by Sophie Roell
Notable Nonfiction of Fall 2023, recommended by Sophie Roell
As summer collapses into fall across the northern hemisphere, Five Books editor Sophie Roell takes a look at the nonfiction books that have been published over the last three months. Reading serious nonfiction books remains the easiest way to get up to speed on not only things you’re already interested in, but lots of things you didn’t know you didn’t know.
