[This Week's Books] 'Trump 2.0 Era and Strongmen' and Others

The Trump 2.0 Era and Strongmen

As Donald Trump returns to the White House next month, the world is once again entering the era of strongmen. Cooperation to address global issues such as the climate crisis is weakening, and with national interests taking priority, chaos is expected. Besides Trump, the strongmen mentioned in the book include Russia's President Vladimir Putin, China's President Xi Jinping, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and T?rkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. (Written by Lee Chaeyoon / Changhai)

Broad and Shallow Knowledge for Intellectual Conversations: Infinite

This is the fourth book in the ‘Jidaenopyeot (Broad and Shallow Knowledge for Intellectual Conversations)’ series, published after five years. The author previously covered knowledge in volumes 1, 2, and 0 of the Jidaenopyeot series. In this ‘Infinite’ edition, the focus is on practice. Practice means going inward to understand the reality of oneself and the world, and completely overturning the attitude of viewing the world based on oneself. (Written by Chae Sajang / Whale Book)

Geniuses of the Sea

The reason why the largest animal in the world, the blue whale, lives in the sea rather than on land is gravity. On land, animals need muscles to move, but if the weight of the muscles increases, the bones cannot support it, and the body becomes too heavy to move. From the perspective of physics?matter, force, energy?this book explains the characteristics of the underwater environment and the principles of survival skills possessed by marine creatures adapted to it. (Written by Bill Fran?ois / Translated by Lee Choongho / Haenamu)

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