Amy Johnson of Hull had clocked only ninety hours of flying experience before taking off alone for Australia.

Employees are the key to any entrepreneur’s success, and he must know them intimately, trust them completely and pay them generously.

Henry Maudslay, the great engineer, had seen enough apprentices to last him a lifetime.

In 1573, Sir Francis Drake had two ambitions: to revenge himself on the Spanish, and to see with his own eyes the Pacific Ocean.

Thomas Wright offers his readers a way of thinking about the enormous distances involved in any description of the solar system.

Though some other sciences may seem to destroy it, astronomy restores a sense of religious awe.