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Exploring the frontiers of science and math. Illuminating humanity’s quest to understand the universe. Capturing the wonder of discovery. For readers who want to know more. Visit our website for more: www.quantabooks.org

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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 01/09/2026
🚨New book announcement! 🚨Evolutionary biologist William C. Ratcliff’s (@wcratcliff.bsky.social) LIFE UNBOUNDED (forthcoming 2029) delivers a sweeping narrative of the emergence of complex life, and how a sterile planet transformed into the rich mosaic of beings on Earth today.
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 25/08/2026
In July, Quanta Books attended the 2026 ICM in Philly, where we met readers, sold books, and hosted 3 events: a signing with @teorth.bsky.social or his forthcoming book and a talk with @kevinhartnett.bsky.social and publisher @7homaslin.com on Kevin’s book THE PROOF IN THE CODE (& another signing).
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 22/07/2026
Cover reveal for David Tong's EVERYTHING IS FIELDS, publishing March 16, 2027! From one of today’s leading theoretical physicists comes a witty, exuberant tour of quantum fields, the fluid-like substances that make up our entire universe.
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 08/07/2026
Meet Quanta Books authors Terence Tao (@teorth.bsky.social) (SIX MATH ESSENTIALS) and Kevin Hartnett (@kevinhartnett.bsky.social) (THE PROOF IN THE CODE) at the upcoming International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM)––SATURDAY, JULY 25, in the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia!
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 06/07/2026
The programming language Lean is “at the heart of the AI model training ecosystem,” explains @kevinhartnett.bsky.social, author of THE PROOF IN THE CODE. Watch the whole conversation with his editor, Thomas Lin, at the Simons Foundation (@simonsfoundation.org): www.quantabooks.org/kevin-hartne...
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 02/07/2026
What are the technologies driving the AI revolution in math? @kevinhartnett.bsky.social, author of THE PROOF IN THE CODE, draws illuminating parallels between computer programming and math proofs in a talk at the Simons Foundation (@simonsfoundation.org).
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 01/07/2026
@kevinhartnett.bsky.social's book THE PROOF IN THE CODE is a powerful guide to today’s “sociological transformation in math.” Watch his full conversation at the @simonsfoundation.org: www.quantabooks.org/kevin-hartne... Order THE PROOF IN THE CODE: www.quantabooks.org/books/the-pr...
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 08/06/2026
“With marvelous clarity and narrative flair," acclaimed mathematician and author Steven Strogatz (@stevenstrogatz.com) declares, THE PROOF IN THE CODE “introduces us to ... the people reimagining what math can be.”
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 04/06/2026
As Grant Sanderson (@3blue1brown.com) says, the program Lean is "one of the most important things happening to math right now—future generations may come to regard it as the Euclid’s Elements of our time."
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 03/06/2026
From award-winning science writer Anil Ananthaswamy (@anilananth.bsky.social): To learn about the future of computer science, math and AI, read Kevin Hartnett's (@kevinhartnett.bsky.social) THE PROOF IN THE CODE. Available June 9.
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 28/05/2026
The programming language and math proof assistant Lean is the latest tool in a millennia-long search to discover and verify the truth. A thread: (1/7)
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 26/05/2026
Want to know what the next phase of human-machine relations looks like? Futurist Amy Webb (@amywebb.bsky.social) points to Kevin Hartnett's (@kevinhartnett.bsky.social) THE PROOF IN THE CODE.
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 19/05/2026
In a world of hallucinating black box AI models, it's increasingly hard to know with complete certainty if something is true. Lean offers a way forward. Read more in Kevin Hartnett's (@kevinhartnett.bsky.social) THE PROOF IN THE CODE, publishing June 9.
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 15/05/2026
Join us on 6/5 at 6 PM for an SF Presents talk with Kevin Hartnett (@kevinhartnett.bsky.social) and Thomas Lin (@7homaslin.com) as they explore the future of math and grapple with the existential question: Can computers reveal universal truths?
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 06/05/2026
🚨New book announcement!🚨 Award-winning astronomer Emily Levesque’s (@emsque.bsky.social STARLIGHT IS FALLING, coming 2027, offers an expansive, eye-opening account of cosmic discovery through one of the greatest scientific debates of all time: the precise value of the Hubble constant.
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 04/05/2026
🚨New book announcement!🚨 Immunologist @drshrutinaik.bsky.social's IMMUNE INTELLIGENCE, coming 2028, upends what we know about the immune system, revealing it as a dynamic cellular intelligence agency that controls everything from metabolism to behavior.
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 30/04/2026
🚨New book announcement!🚨 Distinguished geoscientist Gerilyn (Lynn) Soreghan’s THE CAPITAL OF DUST, coming in 2028, explores the astonishing role that windblown mineral dust—loess—has played in building human civilization and archiving the history of Earth’s climate.
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 16/04/2026
“When I started writing [THE PROOF IN THE CODE] two years ago, Lean and AI had nothing to do with each other. Now, they’re deeply intertwined …. This was one of the great surprises of the book.” From this month's @publisherswkly.bsky.social interview with @kevinhartnett.bsky.social.
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 18/03/2026
“A fascinating example of how cultural clashes and creativity can create new paradigms… [In THE PROOF IN THE CODE], proofs, personalities, and machines collide—intriguingly—at the uneasy intersection of mathematics and computer science.’”
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 12/02/2026
Be the first to hear about our forthcoming books and special events. Receive author interviews and publishing tips. Get the inside story behind our logo, imprint, and book projects. Sign up for our newsletter at the bottom of this web page: quantabooks.org
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 10/02/2026
Here’s the beautiful cover from Na Kim at @fsgbooks.bsky.social—an elegant design for an elegant book!
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 09/12/2025
🚨New book announcement!🚨 Leading theoretical physicist and Cambridge professor David Tong's new book EVERYTHING IS FIELDS is coming 2027. A brilliant, lively tour through quantum field theory, the deepest description we have of how our world works—& the most difficult topic in theoretical physics.
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 08/12/2025
🚨New book announcement!🚨 Renowned mathematician and Fields medalist Terence Tao’s (@teorth.bsky.social) SIX MATH ESSENTIALS is coming fall 2026. Tao’s first popular math book introduces six core ideas that have guided mathematicians from antiquity to the frontiers of what we know today.
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 10/11/2025
Check out the cover for our inaugural title, @kevinhartnett.bsky.social’s THE PROOF IN THE CODE, coming June 9, 2026! Shoutout @fsgbooks.bsky.social for the beautiful design. Want a copy of your own? You can now preorder here: us.macmillan.com/books/978037....
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 29/01/2025
🚨New book announcement🚨 Kevin Hartnett’s THE PROOF IN THE CODE (coming 2026) tells the gripping story of the birth and rise of Lean, a Microsoft computer program transforming the world of mathematics. A timely challenge to our assumptions about who–or what–can do math—visit quantabooks.org for more.
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