In The Plex

From starting at the bottom of borrowing Stanford’s computers to buying thousands of old servers to run their engine on, the two college students weren’t afraid to take unconventional steps. Exceptional founders value their ideas...

How The Scots Invented The Modern World

By one estimate male literacy stood at around 55 percent by 1720; by 1750 it may have stood as high as 75 percent, compared with only 53 percent in England. It would not be until...