The New IQ: Use Your Working Memory to Think Stronger, Smarter, Faster
IQ tests, which measure our ability to retain information, are out-dated. In the digital era, the new IQ is not about retaining knowledge, but managing it.
Computing and Information Technology
A Computer Called LEO: Lyons Tea Shops and the world’s first office computer (Text Only)
The eccentric story of one of the most bizarre marriages in the history of British business: the invention of the world’s first office computer and the Lyons Teashop.
The Music of the Primes: Why an unsolved problem in mathematics matters (Text Only): text-only edition
(This ebook contains a limited number of illustrations.)
The ebook of the critically-acclaimed popular science book by a writer who is fast becoming a celebrity mathematician.
Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician's Journey Through Symmetry (Text Only)
This new ebook from the author of ‘The Music of the Primes’ combines a personal insight into the mind of a working mathematician with the story of one of the biggest adventures in mathematics: the search for symmetry.
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2012, the world’s leading prize for popular science writing.
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (Enhanced Edition): Enhanced edition
Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2012, the world’s leading prize for popular science writing.
This enhanced e-book version contains twelve animations created by graphic design students from the world renowned Central Saint Martins college of Art and Design.
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood: Enhanced edition
Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2012, the world’s leading prize for popular science writing.
This enhanced e-book version contains twelve animations created by graphic design students from the world renowned Central Saint Martins college of Art and Design.
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2012, the world’s leading prize for popular science writing.
Adventures on the Wheels of Steel: The Rise of the Superstar DJs
DJs like Fatboy Slim, Sasha and Paul Oakenfold are the new pop stars: high priests in the rapidly expanding world of dance music. Drawing on many nights out, this is DJ Dave Haslam’s fascinating collection of portraits of the major players.
The Number Mysteries: A Mathematical Odyssey through Everyday Life
From the author of The Music of the Primes and Finding Moonshine comes a short, lively book on five mathematical problems that just refuse be solved – and on how many everyday problems can be solved by maths.
The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking: Text only edition
The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
From the best-selling author of Fermat’s Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of man’s urge to uncover the secrets of codes, from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer encryptions.
The Savvy Shopper
Inspired by her weekly column in Telegraph Weekend, this is Rose Prince’s guide to buying the tastiest, highest-quality good food with peace of mind and a clear conscience.
The World of Karl Pilkington
A collection of the best moments from the ‘Ricky Gervais Show’ with further musings from Karl Pilkington, star of Sky 1’s ‘An Idiot Abroad’.
Twenty-one Dog Years: Doing Time at Amazon.com
A Michael Moore for the Dot.com generation, ‘21 Dog Years’ is Mike Daisey’s wickedly funny story of life in the New Economy trenches.
The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking
The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
From the best-selling author of Fermat’s Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of man’s urge to uncover the secrets of codes, from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer encryptions.