Inventions & Inventors

The bestselling 30-Second... series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each tit...

'Celebrates human cognitive diversity, and is rich with empathy and psychological insight' Steven Pinker 'Bold, intriguing, profound' Jay Elwes, Sp...

Among the many treasures in the collections of the Science Museum in London is the complete workshop of the Scottish engineer James Watt (1736-1819...

Hugely readable and entertaining JIM AL-KHALILI An accessible and crystal-clear portrait of this disciplines breadth, largel...

While most know Thomas Edison for his invention of the light bulb, his counterpart, George Westinghouse, is too often overlooked. Westinghouse, ...

Films that dramatize historical events and the lives of historical figureswhether they are intended to educate or to entertainplay a significant ro...

From historical figures such as Marie Curie to contemporaries such as Steve Jobs, a handful of innovators have changed the world. What made them so...

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.As you'll discover in his incomparable memoir, inventor, mechanic, TV presenter and walking tall as the definition of the B...

The changing relationships between science and industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, illustrated by the career of the fat...

Hugely readable and entertaining JIM AL-KHALILI An accessible and crystal-clear portrait of this disciplines breadth, largel...

Hugely readable and entertaining JIM AL-KHALILI An accessible and crystal-clear portrait of this disciplines breadth, largel...

We are all familiar with the digital revolution which has swept across the developed world in recent years. It has ushered in an age of smartphones...