1. What’s Past is Prologue Part I: The Facts of a Renaissance Age 2. The New World 3. New Tangles 4. Vitruvian Man Part II: Flourishing Genius 5. Copernican Revolutions 6. Cathedrals, Believers and Doubt Part III: Flourishing Risk 7. The Pox is Spreading, Venice is Sinking 8. Bonfires and Belonging Part IV: The Contest for our Future 9. David
Age of Discovery looks at the world on the brink of a new Renaissance and asks the question, how do we avoid chaos and disruption, and share more widely the benefits of progress?
Ian Goldin is Director of the Oxford Martin School and Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford. He was Vice President of the World Bank and prior to that the Bank's Director of Development Policy. From 1996 to 2001 he was Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa, and also served as an advisor to President Nelson Mandela. He has been knighted by the French government and is an acclaimed author of 20 books. Chris Kutarna is a two-time Governor General’s Medallist, a Sauvé Fellow and Commonwealth Scholar, and a Fellow of the Oxford Martin School with a doctorate in politics from the University of Oxford. A former consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, then entrepreneur, Chris lived in China for several years, speaks Mandarin, and remains a regular op-ed contributor to one of China's top-ranked news magazines. He resides in Oxford, Beijing and Regina.
A landmark new book.
*The Guardian*
A bold mega-analysis of global education, health, prosperity and
technology...incisive and rich in context and granularity.
*Nature*
[A] lively account of both Renaissance and modern history … Maybe
someone should send Mr. Trump a copy of this book; it might yield
some thought-provoking tweets.
*The Financial Times*
An essential guide—and a superb ride—through our current stormy
moment.
*Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post*
A powerful journey…This book will help the world.
*Founder, Virgin Group*
Everyone should read it.
*Nobel Laureate in Economics*
Ian and Chris ask—and answer—the big, essential questions…We should
thank them for their audacity.
*Managing Director, International Monetary Fund*
This fascinating book…should interest all who care about the future
of humanity.
*Astronomer Royal & past President of the Royal Society*
A much-needed dose of perspective in our increasingly
short-term-focused world.
*Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Co*
Essential reading to navigate the waves of innovation we face
today.
*13th World Chess Champion*
A call to action we all need to hear.
*International Executive Director, Greenpeace*
An education and a great read in one.
*Philosopher*
Outstanding insights for all those interested in the stresses of
the modern world and how other ages have confronted them.
*President, NYU & past Vice-Chancellor, Oxford University*
A very important reminder to grasp the opportunities in the many
challenges we are facing today.
*Chairman, Boston Consulting Group*
A refreshing change from the shallow analyses and sterile nostrums
of the right and the left…an impressive and important book.
*Nobel Laureate in Economics*
A hugely stimulating book…Everyone should heed the authors’
call.
*Professor of History, Harvard University*
A must-read for present and future leaders everywhere.
*President, Commonwealth of Learning*
A remarkable feat of both history and prophecy. Ian and Chris have
given us a gift of self-reflection that is indeed rare. I can’t
believe the book is so light and small for accomplishing such a
heavy lift.
*President, Skoll Global Threats Fund & past Executive Director,
Google.org*
A masterpiece.
*New York Times best-selling author*
A rich portrait…powerful parallels…essential insights for all of
us—including for every emerging Michelangelo and da Vinci.
*Founder & Chairman, LinkedIn*
The genie of globalisation cannot be put back into the bottle. The
question now is how quickly societies adapt or face being torn
apart by protest. Maybe someone should send Mr Trump a copy of this
book.
*The Financial Times*
Age of Discovery is an immense contribution to rethinking our
epoch
*Cambridge Business*
[A] thought-provoking, big-picture take on our uncertain times
*Nexus*
Bold, challenging and invigorating.
*Historian and author of 'The Silk Roads'*
If you read only one thing...
*Politico*
Far-sighted...Age of Discovery succeeds in convincing that this is
an uncommonly interesting time to be alive, with unusual levels of
promise—and peril.
*Times Higher Education Supplement*
A highly stimulating, indeed challenging book.
*Forbes*
Enlightening.
*The Sunday Telegraph*
Age of Discovery will leave its readers drained by the scale of the
problems we face…but its scope and authority reward the effort.
*Daily Telegraph*
Breathless.
*New Statesman*
Urgent reading everywhere.
*Shanghai Review of Books*
This book completely blows my mind.
*‘Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang’ on Sirius/XM*
Wow.
*ABC Afternoons with James Valentine*
Audacious.
*Salon.com*
Charts the birth of a brave new world…Impressive.
*Morning Star*
A rallying cry for an aspirational future.
*CBC News*
A fantastic new book.
*Breitbart.com*
Edifying and thoroughly entertaining.
*Inside Higher Ed*
A brilliant, “big-think” read of serious scholarship and keen
observation of our present moment. It is a prescient warning, a
call to action to the better angels of our nature, and a map for a
new age of discovery.
*800-CEO-READ*
The best book I’ve read in the past five years.
*33Voices.com*
Important. Powerful.
*FutureSquared*
An immense contribution to rethinking our epoch.
*Cambridge Business Review*
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