This Way UpA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Waterstones Best Nature & Travel Writing Book 2025 'Educational, smart and funny' Richard Osman 'This book is superb' Charlie Brooker 'Brilliant. Fascinating. Hilarious.' Jonn Elledge, bestselling author of A History of the World in 47 Borders

philosophical and mathematical ideas for readers going beyond a popular science level

a sick woman who rarely left her house

and hot on the heels of victory in Sicily

Supper for one

so much that you might never turn that oven on again

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Exiled to a far-flung island by the whims of the gods

memory and problem solving

a city that would outdo all of Europe in its splendour

and unusual vegetables

The city changes its face

Macfarlane takes the reader on a mind-expanding global journey into the history