The Story
From skepticism about the moon landing to the "deep-state" claims of QAnon, it's always been human nature to believe we're being lied to by the powers that be (and sometimes, to be fair, we absolutely are). But technology has given conspiracies a new power over national discourse, and in our dogged quest for the truth, we might actually be doing it some damage. In Unproven, Unlikely, and Firmly Believed, internationally bestselling authors Tom Phillips and Jonn Elledge take us on an eye-opening journey through history's greatest conspiracy theories, to try and answer a vital question for our times: How can we learn to start trusting hard evidence again?
Publisher's note: Unproven, Unlikely, and Firmly Believed was previously published in the UK as Conspiracy: A History of Boll*cks Theories, and How Not to Fall for Them.
Author: Jonn Elledge,Tom Phillips
Publisher: Experiment
Published: 06/16/2026
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.44w x 1.11d
ISBN: 9798893031508
About the Author
Phillips, Tom: - Tom Phillips is an author and journalist from London. He is currently the editor of Full Fact, the UK's independent fact checking organization. Before that, he was editorial director at BuzzFeed UK. His book Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up (a history of failure through the ages), was published in 2018 and has sold in 30 territories worldwide.Elledge, Jonn: - Jonn Elledge's books include A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders, Elledge's Nontrivial Trivia, and Unproven, Unlikely, and Firmly Believed. At the New Statesman, he created and ran its urbanism-focused CityMetric site, spending six happy years writing about cities, maps, and borders. He lives in London.
Description
From skepticism about the moon landing to the "deep-state" claims of QAnon, it's always been human nature to believe we're being lied to by the powers that be (and sometimes, to be fair, we absolutely are). But technology has given conspiracies a new power over national discourse, and in our dogged quest for the truth, we might actually be doing it some damage. In Unproven, Unlikely, and Firmly Believed, internationally bestselling authors Tom Phillips and Jonn Elledge take us on an eye-opening journey through history's greatest conspiracy theories, to try and answer a vital question for our times: How can we learn to start trusting hard evidence again?
Publisher's note: Unproven, Unlikely, and Firmly Believed was previously published in the UK as Conspiracy: A History of Boll*cks Theories, and How Not to Fall for Them.
Author: Jonn Elledge,Tom Phillips
Publisher: Experiment
Published: 06/16/2026
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.44w x 1.11d
ISBN: 9798893031508
About the Author
Phillips, Tom: - Tom Phillips is an author and journalist from London. He is currently the editor of Full Fact, the UK's independent fact checking organization. Before that, he was editorial director at BuzzFeed UK. His book Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up (a history of failure through the ages), was published in 2018 and has sold in 30 territories worldwide.Elledge, Jonn: - Jonn Elledge's books include A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders, Elledge's Nontrivial Trivia, and Unproven, Unlikely, and Firmly Believed. At the New Statesman, he created and ran its urbanism-focused CityMetric site, spending six happy years writing about cities, maps, and borders. He lives in London.
