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'Speckled with anecdotes, insights and surprises. It is great fun - and utterly timely' Sunday Times 'Standage writes with a masterly clarity' New York Times 'The product of deep research, great intelligence and burnished... See More
Food & Drink
Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance. It has acted as a tool of social transformation, political organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict and economic... See More
Science & Maths
Our extraordinary world makes more (and sometimes less) sense when you wonder: What's driving the international turkey-meat boom? How does a cannonball determine a maritime boundary? Where can you wed your mobile... See More
Education & Reference
Today we are endlessly connected: constantly tweeting, texting or e-mailing. This may seem unprecedented, yet it is not. Throughout history, information has been spread through social networks, with far-reaching social and... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
Which James Bond drinks the most martinis? What do Satanists really believe? How do hurricanes get their names? Why are bees disappearing? Is chocolate healthy? ... Go Figure has the answers. Bringing together the very... See More
The world can be an amazing place if you know the right questions to ask: How much does a ghost reduce a house's value? How are winemakers responding to climate change? How much should you tip your Uber driver? Should your... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
Some questions you never think to ask. Others, you didn't know you didn't know. And some facts are so surprising they cry out for answers. What can a president actually do? Why do cities sink into the ground? Why is... See More
eBooks in Foreign Languages
Depuis la nuit des temps, certaines boissons ont fait bien plus qu'étancher nos soifs. Six d'entre elles ont même eu un impact considérable sur le cours de notre histoire. Écrit avec beaucoup d'esprit, et fort... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
The world can be an amazing place if you know the right questions to ask: How did carrots become orange? What's stopping us from having a four-day week? How can we remove all the broken bits of satellite from orbit? If... See More
eBooks in Foreign Languages
Nel corso dei secoli il cibo ha rappresentato per l'uomo molto più che un semplice mezzo di sostentamento. E stato di volta in volta la causa di cambiamenti epocali (l'agricoltura è di fatto l'invenzione umana che ha... See More
eBooks in Foreign Languages
La disponibilità d'acqua vincola da sempre le sorti dell'umanità, generando fortune e catastrofi, prosperità e guerre: eppure la più antica delle bevande non è l'unica ad aver condizionato la nostra storia. Fotografando... See More
Computing
Internet, Facebook e Twitter sono considerati strumenti che hanno rivoluzionato il nostro modo di comunicare; ma a ben guardare quella dei social network, più che una rivoluzione, è una storia plurisecolare che inizia con... See More