History

In a contest of change, which century from the past millennium would come up trumps? Find out....

Lulu Chen tells the story of how Tencent is changing the world, a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at one of the worlds biggest tech companies....

Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet....

Cult of the Dead Cow is the tale of the oldest, most respected, and most famous American hacking group of all time. Though until now it has remained mostly anonymous, its members invented the concept of hacktivism....

Steven Levy's classic book traces the exploits of the computer revolution's original hackers - those brilliant and eccentric nerds from the late 1950s through the early '80s who took risks....

This book conveys every aspect of the Apollo missions with breathtaking immediacy and stunning detail....

Top cybersecurity journalist Kim Zetter tells the story behind the virus that sabotaged Iran’s nuclear efforts and shows how its existence has ushered in a new age of warfare....

Vallejo takes us on an enthralling journey through the history of books and libraries in the ancient world and those who have helped preserve their rich literary traditions....

Today we take it for granted that Japan is a forge of the world's fantasies: the birthplace of Transformers and Pokémon, of food trends like ramen and artisanal whisky and cutting-edge manga and anime....

From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, explore the global history of textiles and the world they weave together in this enthralling and educational guide....

The Technology Trap reveals how the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automation....

Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon explores why women are under-represented in tech, why it matters and what we can do about it....

The Soul of a New Machine is an essential chapter in the history of the machine that revolutionized the world in the 20th century....

Block by Block offers an original perspective on thermodynamic science and history based on the three approaches of a practicing engineer, academician, and historian....

The science fiction of the 1960s promised us a future remade by technological innovation: We’d vacation in geodesic domes on Mars, have meaningful conversations with computers, and drop our children off at school in flying cars. Fast-forward 60 years....

The only contemporary history of the birth of Silicon Valley - from the reporter who had a ringside seat to it all....

Since the dawn of civilisation, we have kept time. But time has always been against us. This is the story of timing. And the story of timing is the story of us....

In 2004, Android was two people who wanted to build camera software, but couldn't get investors interested. Today, Android is a large team at Google, delivering an operating system to over 3 billion devices worldwide. This is the inside story, told by the people who made it happen....

Always On immerses the listener in the most important story of our times - the dramatic impact of hyperconnectivity, the smartphone and social media on everything from our democracy to our employment and our health....

In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried 58 shipping containers from Newark to Houston....

On a moonless night in 1991, a dozen US aircraft appeared in the skies over Baghdad. To the Iraqi air defenses, the planes seemed to come from nowhere. Each aircraft was more than 60 feet in length and with a wingspan of 40 feet, yet its radar footprint was the size of a ball bearing....

Ignition! is the story of the Cold War era search for a rocket propellant that could be trusted to take man into space. A favorite of Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, listeners will want to tune into this "really good book on rocket[s]," available for the first time in audio....

Almost 24 hours to the minute since the tsunami hit Fukushima Daiichi, Unit 1 exploded. The building wrenched apart, sending shards of irradiated concrete and metal knifing through the air in all directions....

To live in 19th-century Britain was to experience an astonishing series of changes, of a kind for which there was simply no precedent in the human experience....

Worm: The First Digital World War tells the story of the Conficker worm, a potentially devastating piece of malware that has baffled experts and infected more than twelve million computers worldwide....