James Watt: Making the World Anew
Ben Russell
Russell moves beyond the steam engine to look at Watt's many other pioneering inventions.
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers and Strategies
Nick Bostrom
Bostrom examines how superintelligent computers could one day control human destiny, just as gorillas depend on us today.
Cataloging the World: Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age
Alex Wright
An exhumation of forgotten net pioneer Paul Otlet and his work on the first proto-internet in 1930s Belgium.
Driving Honda: Inside the World's Most Innovative Car Company
Jeffrey Rothfeder
According to veteran business journalist Rothfeder, Honda, not Toyota, is the unsung hero of the Japanese car industry.
Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet we Made
Gaia Vince
Science writer Vince explores how people are adapting to the challenges inherent to the age of man.
The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company
Michael S Malone
The first full account of Intel, based on the lives of three of its top dogs.
The Solar Revolution. One World. One Solution. Providing Energy and Food for 10 Billion People.
Steve McKevitt, Tony Ryan
How we should tap into the solar economy to safeguard our future.
The Collapse of Western Civilization: View from the Future
Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway
This sci-fi tale of an apocalyptic world 300 years from now is an inventive warning about the danger of climate change.
Curiosity: an Inside Look at the Mars Rover Mission and the People Who Made it Happen
Rob Pyle
How a pioneering team of scientists harnessed technology to unlock the secrets of Mars.
Among Chimpanzees: Field Notes from the Race to Save Our Endangered Relatives
Nancy J Merrick
A former student of Jane Goodall, Merrick reveals the plight of the primates.
