Faculty from all disciplines who are considering the use of the 2018-19 common reading book in courses can now request a desk copy. An online form is available at https://commonreading.wsu.edu/request-a-copy/.
The book is Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything.
Provost Daniel J. Bernardo chose it from three books moved forward as top selections by the Selection Committee of the Common Reading Program, which is part of WSU Undergraduate Education. The campus and community submitted nominations for a common book for months prior.
Topics in Soonish and other books nominated align with a two-year theme of “frontiers of technology, health, and society.”
Websites describe the book as smart and funny, “a hilariously illustrated investigation into future (scientific) technologies—from how to fling a ship into deep space on the cheap to 3D organ printing…from robot swarms to nuclear fusion-powered toasters.”
The 10 different technological developments explored in the book examine what may be coming “soonish.” While those center on STEM topics, the general topics presented in the book are easily applicable to soonish developments in the social sciences, arts, and humanities, as well.
SAVE THE DATE: Authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith will visit Pullman in mid-October to deliver the annual Common Reading Invited Lecture.
Read more at https://commonreading.wsu.edu/. Contact Common Reading Co-Director Karen Weathermon for more information at kweathermon@wsu.edu.
