#s.t.e.m.

Let the Sheet Hit the Wall

This brand new middle grade book has been carefully curated by Mayim Bialik, star of The Big Bang Theory, and includes stories that highlight S.T.E.M. within the DC universe.

Flash Facts is set to release on February 2, 2021.  Check out the press release below for more details.

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  DC TAPS BIG BANG THEORY STAR MAYIM BIALIK TO CURATE

FLASH FACTS

New Middle Grade Graphic Novel Anthology Features Short Stories by All-Star Writers

and Artists That Demonstrate S.T.E.M. Principles Through DC Super Heroes

Book Hits Stores February 2, 2021

Available to Preorder Now

Have you ever wondered what’s at the bottom of the sea? Why polar ice melts? Or which tools forensic scientists use to solve a crime?

Well, DC has great news! All these answers and more will be revealed in Flash Facts, a lighthearted middle grade graphic novel anthology set to debut February 2, 2021. Geared toward readers ages 8-12, this collection of short stories is curated by award-winning actress and author Mayim Bialik and aligns with Next Generation Science Standards, providing a helpful bridge between the S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) lessons taught inside the classroom and how these principles affect our everyday lives.

Under Bialik’s oversight, the short stories demonstrating various S.T.E.M. principles will star Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and more DC Super Heroes and will be written and drawn by some of the most popular writers and artists in middle grade and comics publishing, including New York Times bestselling author Michael Northrop (TombQuest, Dear Justice League), Dustin Hansen (Microsaurs, My Video Game Ate My Homework), Cecil Castellucci (Batgirl), Kirk Scroggs (Snoop Troop, The Secret Spiral of Swamp Kid), Corinna Bechko, Sholly Fisch, Amanda Deibert, Vita Ayala, Amy Chu, and more to be announced.

See below for the official description. The book is available to preorder now.

Flash Facts

Curated by: Mayim Bialik

Contributors: New York Times bestselling author Michael Northrop (TombQuest, Dear Justice League), Dustin Hansen (Microsaurs, My Video Game Ate My Homework), Cecil Castellucci (Batgirl), Kirk Scroggs (Snoop Troop, The Secret Spiral of Swamp Kid), Corinna Bechko, Sholly Fisch, Amanda Deibert, Vita Ayala, Amy Chu, and more to be announced

Cover by Derek Charm

Preview Interior art revealed today by Dustin Hansen

On sale everywhere books are sold February 2, 2021

MSRP: $9.99

    Article by: Joshua Raynor

DC Comics’ Flash Facts is a new middle grade anthology focusing on S.T.E.M. principles. Curated by Mayim Bialik, the collection of short stories will align with Next Generation Science Standards to bridge how S.T.E.M. lessons learned in schools affect everyday lives. 

Writers and artists working on Flash Facts include Michael Northrop, Dustin Hansen, Cecil Castellucci, Kirk Scroggs, Corinna Bechko, Sholly Fisch, Amanda Deibert, Vita Ayala, and Amy Chu.

Flash Facts hits shelves on February 2, 2021.

Why Felicity Smoak is important for women and the STEM field 

The problem with these free market types that claim “all you need are useful skills” is:

You can’t predict with 100% accuracy what skill the market will need in the future (it’s a fucking chaotic free market so .... that’s basically what it means). So even if you can calculate that nursing degrees for example have a higher ROI than sociology degrees today, in theory- If too many people get into nursing it’ll actually decrease the ROI of a nursing degree since there is now an oversupply of nursing graduates entering the job market. Also if the millions and millions of students in the humanities did a trade instead, I am more than confident trade jobs will end up paying less, once again, because there will be an oversupply of trade specialists. Same if everyone went into engineering. You get the picture. Using their own logic, (supply and demand dictating wages and the need to be useful via skills) the system can only allow certain people to make high wages. Only a finite amount can make high wages and if too many people flood any one profession, their wages go down. Notice how he says “trades are in such high demand” this means that there is a (temporary) shortage of tradespeople, which means if you enter X trade your wage will be high. But once again, when the demand goes down (if supply gets too high via too many people pursuing that field) than wages will go down as well. So …. what do we do then when their wages are down? You blame those same kids you told to join trades. The poor ALWAYS get the blame because you can easily blame a poor person after the fact by analyzing their choices of the past and comparing it to the current market and other standards of the present, hindsight bias really is a gem. I even see poor people do it to themselves as an explanatory theory as to their current economic condition. 

Another thing to note is that S.T.E.M. isn’t some magic ticket into being rich or making money even now. I know many biology majors working at Starbucks. I know some chemistry majors who can only do lab grunt work that doesn’t allow them to pay all their bills. So not only can you not blame them for not going into S.T.E.M, you must now blame them for going into the WRONG S.T.E.M. field. 

Also, and this is funny, if eventually no one goes into the humanities- eventually there will be a shortage of English professors (as an example) and English teachers and then it would be the humanities students saying “wow stupid S.T.E.M. kids get a real job” because the humanities people will be paid more since there would be a desperate need for them. 

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