TED Books
Now you can dig deeper into ideas with new, original books from TED. Long enough to explore a powerful idea but short enough to read in a single sitting, TED Books pick up where TED Talks leave off. This wide-ranging series will cover everything from architecture to business, space travel to love.
In this sweeping, provocative book, award-winning journalist Stephen Petranek makes the case that living on Mars is an essential backup plan for humanity and explains in fascinating detail just how it will happen.
Designer Chip Kidd reveals the hidden secrets behind design choices, and, along the way, shows how so much of our world can be a dazzling magic show, a seductive work of art, and a sublime experience — if we have the tools to judge it.
A powerful manifesto for for CEOs and managers alike, this new TED Book by Margaret Heffernan reveals how organizations can make huge changes with surprisingly small steps.
Dr. Rob Knight reveals the groundbreaking science behind the microscopic life within our bodies, and the astonishing impact microbes have on our health, mood, and more.
With stunning photography and stories of architectural wonder from across the globe, this book illustrates the rapidly evolving world of architecture in the digital age.
In The Mathematics of Love, Dr. Hannah Fry takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the patterns that define our love lives, tackling some of the most common yet complex questions surrounding love.
In a world beset by the distractions and demands of technology, travel writer Pico Iyer reflects a counterintuitive truth: The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug and find stillness.
The astonishing first-person account of an American boy raised on dogma and hate — a boy presumed to follow in his father’s footsteps — and the man who chose a different path.
About TED Books
An 18-minute speech can plant a seed or spark the imagination; but many talks create a need to dig deeper, to learn more, to tell a longer story. TED Books fills this need. In September 2014, we published the first TED Book in print.
Have questions? Email us at tedbooks@ted.com.
