Carlos Dίaz, the Editor at Siglo XXI Editores, is a sociologist who opened the Argentinean branch of Siglo XXI in 2000, when he was just 25 years old.
Siglo XXI is one of the few prestigious and remaining independent Spanish-speaking publishing houses. Founded in 1966 in Mexico, it soon became the most important publisher in the social sciences.
Bearing a strong left-wing cultural and political orientation, its predominance suffered a major setback during the 1990s, and Carlos’ challenge at the outset was to respect Siglo XXI’s editorial line while bearing in mind the world’s new political and cultural perspectives.
The company has grown in a remarkable way since its foundation in Argentina, managing to survive one of the country’s worst economic crisis in years, and with many of their books becoming highly acclaimed in their academic field. Through solid entrepreneurial skills, team leadership and determination, Carlos, 33, has established Siglo XXI as one of the most promising Argentinean publishing houses.
by Adrián Paenza (Siglo XXI Editores)
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This unbeatable guide explores math’s presence, persistence, and importance in daily life. Journalist Adrián Paenza brings numbers, puzzles, logical problems, and all those feared math theorems back into our consciousness in a uniquely accessible way. Readers’ responses to the book were so spectacular that it remained on the top lists in Argentina for 17 months, selling over 200,000 copies. The title has now been published in Spain and Mexico, and will soon appear in Germany and Brazil. |
The three other books Carlos is presenting from Argentina are:
by Diego Golombek (Siglo XXI Editores)
What comes to our mind when we talk about love and sex? Science? Not usually… But this rigorous and entertaining book draws on science to explain what beauty is, where love is located in our brains, and why we fall in love with one person and not with another. And, for the same price, we get a little rock & roll.
by Diego Golombek and Pablo Schwarzbaum (Siglo XXI Editores)
What happens every day in the kitchen might seem like boring stuff –unless you look at it from a scientific viewpoint. Golombek and Schwarzbaum present a fascinating account of culinary science, providing a series of secrets for ‘scientific cooks’ willing to entertain themselves and their guests.
by Beatriz Sarlo (Siglo XXI Editores)
Beatriz Sarlo, arguably Argentina’s most significant intellectual figure today, discusses the use of memory and its relation to the construction of past, in order to make a powerful claim about subjective account and the relationship between understanding and remembering.
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