"A wonderful
compilation of the things that can happen when our planet does no more than
turn in its long sleep." (James Lovelock, FRS)
Einstein: A Hundred Years of Relativity (Palazzo/Abrams, 2005, pb edn Palazzo/Metro,
Barnes & Noble, May 2010), which has been translated into five languages.
It also has contributions, edited by the author, from writers and physicists
such as Philip W. Anderson, Arthur C. Clarke, Freeman Dyson, Philip Glass,
Stephen Hawking, Joseph Rotblat and Steven Weinberg
"By far the best
book about Einstein that I have ever come across" (Patrick Moore, FRS, BBC Sky at Night magazine)
"It is wonderful
to have such an elegant biography of this remarkable man." (Philip W.
Anderson, Nobel laureate in physics)
The Story of Measurement (Thames and Hudson,
2007), which has been translated into nine European languages and was Book of
the Month in Geographical, the
magazine of the Royal Geographical Society
Sudden Genius: The Gradual Path
to Creative Breakthroughs (Oxford University Press, September 2010), a biographical
study of the geniuses behind breakthroughs in the arts and sciences
Currently
writing Genius: A Very Short Introduction, to be published by Oxford University Press in 2011, and editing The Great Scientists, a
highly illustrated collection of essays by others to be published by Thames
& Hudson in 2011/12, as part of a series.
Archaeology
and Scripts:
The Story of Writing (Thames and Hudson, 1995, pb edn 2000; 2nd edn 2007),
which has been translated into nine languages and is a bestseller
"Andrew Robinson
has now followed up his beautifully illustrated The Story of Writing with a highly appropriate sequel: Lost Languages." (Arthur C. Clarke)
The Oxford Companion to the Book, edited by Michael
Suarez and Henry Woudhuysen (Oxford University Press, 2010)—the first section,
“Writing Systems”, is by AR
Indian
Culture:
Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye (Andre Deutsch/University of California Press, 1989/90;
2nd edn, I. B. Tauris/Oxford University Press, 2004), the definitive biography
of Ray
"An extraordinarily
good, detailed and selfless book" (V. S. Naipaul, Nobel laureate in
literature)
"Extremely
thorough, often perceptive and at times highly entertaining" (Salman
Rushdie, London Review of Books)
"A signal salute
to integrity" (Lindsay Anderson, The
Spectator)
"This book makes
the ideal supplement to Robinson's Satyajit
Ray: The Inner Eye, generally rated the definitive English-language
biography." (Sight and Sound)
The
Apu Trilogy: Satyajit Ray and the Making of an Epic (I.
B. Tauris, 2011)
Also (as contributor):
full-page entry on Satyajit Ray for the Encyclopaedia
Britannica
The Art of Rabindranath Tagore (Andre Deutsch, 1989)—with a foreword by Satyajit Ray,
based on an exhibition at the Barbican Centre, London/Oxford Museum of Modern Art,
organised by AR in 1986
Rabindranath Tagore, The Myriad-Minded Man (Bloomsbury/St Martin’s Press, 1995, pb edn 1996; new pb
edn I. B. Tauris, 2009, with a foreword by Anita Desai)—with Krishna Dutta
"The entire book
was a revelation to me." (Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Nobel laureate in
physics)
"One has waited a
very long time for a biography of Tagore that did justice to a far more complex
and curious mind and life than simply respectful and circumspect accounts
allowed. Here it is: thorough, balanced, intelligent, and addressing every
aspect of a truly astonishing artist, his life and times." (Anita Desai)
Selected Letters of Rabindranath Tagore (Cambridge University Press, 1997, pb edn 2005)—edited
with Krishna Dutta; with a foreword by Amartya Sen, Nobel laureate in economics
"An indispensable
trove for anyone interested in modern India's intellectual and cultural
history." (Sunil Khilnani, Independent
on Sunday)
