The secret history of the invention that changed everything and became the most profitable product in the world. Odds are that as you read this,...
Tim Harford returns as the Undercover Economist with an even bigger target in his sights: to explain how the whole world economy works....
The truth about money, markets and multi-millionaires. From the richest Romans to the robber barons to the tech billionaires of today, leading economist Sam Wilkin...
Dr Carrie Nugent is an asteroid hunter - one of the select group of scientists working diligently to map our cosmic neighbourhood. For the first...
A powerful manifesto for CEOs and employees alike, this book reveals how organizations can make huge changes with surprisingly small steps. In an age of...
The New York Times bestseller: ",A lucid account", (New York Times) of the recent financial crisis and the way forward by the Nobel Prize-winning economist,...
Newly updated, award winning management book The Halo Effectcontinues to pull away the blinders that prevent us from telling what is good management....
Sets out what business can learn from the findings of the economics and social psychology. This title shows how you can shape desires, use incentives...
Is the Internet making us stupid? In this book, Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is changing dramatically how we think, remember and interact....
Why does social class matter more than ever in Britain today? How has the meaning of class changed? What does this mean for social mobility...
The number of people dying due to drug-resistant diseases is rising every year. What medical weapons and technologies are being developed to stop this existential...
Part of the TED series: The Mathematics of LoveThere is no topic that attracts more attention-more energy and time and devotion- than love. Love, like...
A manifesto for groups around the world that are seeking urgent action on climate breakdown and other threats....
What can long-dead dinosaurs teach us about our future? Plenty, according to world-renowned paleontologist and recent star of BBC show The Day the Dinosaurs Died...
'Amazing . . . A brilliant book' Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2Have you ever thought of becoming an astronaut?Ask an Astronaut is Tim Peake's personal...
The fastest way to learn about astronomy, from the constellations to cosmology....
",Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse is an urgent, thoughtful and thoroughly-researched book that raises uncomfortable questions about the way that information is being distorted by...
*As featured on BBC Breakfast, Radio 5Live and Steve Wright in the Afternoon on BBC Radio 2*From the Nasa astronaut who spent a record-breaking year...
The Laws of Medicine follows Pulitzer-Prize-winning author, Dr Mukherjee as he investigates some of the most perplexing and illuminating cases of his career - the...
A smart, entertaining book about the rise and slow death of the art of handwriting, and why it still matters...