Thinking Books

David Edmond, author of many books, including Wittgenstein's Poker (which he co-wrote with John Eidinow) has recently co-written Undercover Robot, a brilliant and amusing children's story about a girl-robot. I interviewed him about this book, and how...

Some books can change the way you experience the world. 's Cork Dork is one of these. It tells how she trained her senses of smell and taste to become a sommelier, starting from a position of almost complete ignorance about wine. But more than that it...

Sometimes disorder can be a source of efficiency and creativity. explores some cases where lack of planning and order has been a boon in this interview with , based on Tim's recent book . 

How can we learn from failure? In this episode of the podcast,  , author of  discusses the importance of feedback from the world in a wide range of contexts.