The book may well be the greatest invention since the wheel, according to Spanish author Irene Vallejo. She traces the history of this miraculous invention with a book of her own, Papyrus: The ...

The Drinkable Book is made from paper which can be used to purify water by acting like a coffee filter and taking 99.9 per cent of bacteria from the water.

If her project, like all extreme schemes of self-invention, seems hopeless, her doomed but heroic quest for freedom lends this book its life. She knows that the illusion of freedom is an illusion.

SciFri Book Club August community meeting: The Invention of Nature Want to meet other SciFri Book Club members, talk about the book selection, and find more resources for deeper learning—all without ...