Five games, built from the documents.
Each one puts you where the person was, with the evidence they had, and lets you work out what they worked out. A few minutes each. Every fact in them comes from the books.
GalileoWhat did Galileo see?Eight nights in January 1610, from his own notes. Work out what he worked out.Adam SmithThe Nailers’ StreetFive workers, five trades, one market. What makes a nation rich?DarwinThe LoftBreed a fantail from a rock pigeon, then take yourself out.MachiavelliPlay the PrinceYou are Cesare Borgia, 1502. Five real decisions. Can you keep your state?ConfuciusDid Confucius say it?Twelve famous lines. Real Confucius, or fortune cookie?
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The trial file
A short piece, free: what the documents in Galileo’s own trial file actually say, including the two pages that decided it. It isn’t sold anywhere, and it’s the fastest way to see how these books are built.
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