After the triumphant end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the British took it upon themselves to complete something they had been trying to do since the sixteenth century: find the fabled Northwest Passage. For the next thirty-five years...

"The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World" von Anthony Brandt und David Eagleman untersucht die Natur der menschlichen Kreativität und ihre Rolle bei der Gestaltung unserer Welt. Das Buch erforscht, wie Menschen durch...