Science and the History of Science: The Shape of the World: The Mapping and Discovery of the Earth (George Philip/Rand McNally, 1989/90), which accompanied a six-part Granada television series sponsored by IBM shown worldwide—with Simon Berthon Earthshock: Hurricanes, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tornadoes and Other Forces of Nature (Thames and Hudson, 1993; 2nd edn 2002), which has been translated into four languages; it won the US-based Association of Earth Science Editors Outstanding Publication Award
"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), 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)
The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, The Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius (Pi Press/Oneworld, 2006, pb edn Plume/Oneworld 2007) - US edition
"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, October 2007), which has been translated into nine European languages and was Book of the Month in the November 2007 issue of Geographical, the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society
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
"A fascinating book" (Henri Cartier-Bresson)
Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World’s Undeciphered Scripts (McGraw-Hill, 2002/Black Dog and Leventhal 2007), which was selected by the Softback Preview as Book of the Month
"Andrew Robinson has now followed up his beautifully illustrated The Story of Writing with a highly appropriate sequel: Lost Languages." (Arthur C. Clarke)
The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris (Thames and Hudson, 2002), which was made into a BBC television programme, A Very English Genius
"A wonderfully swift and clear biography" (The Economist)
The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World, edited by Brian M. Fagan (Thames and Hudson, 2001)—the section, “Ancient and Undeciphered Scripts”, is contributed by AR
The Oxford Companion to the Book, edited by Michael Suarez and Henry Woudhuysen (Oxford University Press, forthcoming in autumn 2008)—the section, “Writing Systems”, is contributed 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)
Satyajit Ray: A Vision of Cinema (I. B. Tauris, 2005)—with Nemai Ghosh
"Quite magical" (Richard Attenborough)
"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 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 the author in 1986 Rabindranath Tagore, The Myriad-Minded Man (Bloomsbury/St Martin’s Press, 1995, pb edn 1996; I. B.Tauris reissue forthcoming in autumn 2008 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)
"Excellent...admirably straightforward, readable, lively, informative" (Financial Times)
Rabindranath Tagore: An Anthology (Picador, 1997; pb edn 1999)—edited with Krishna Dutta Selected Letters of Rabindranath Tagore (Cambridge University Press, 1997; pb edn 2005)—edited with Krishna Dutta; with a foreword by Amartya Sen
"An indispenable trove for anyone interested in modern India's intellectual and cultural history." (Sunil Khilnani, Independent on Sunday)
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