Bigger, Better, Faster

Record-breaking is a dynamic process: for every record-holder, there was a predecessor, and the current holder does so only until surpassed by the next. Everyone knows who was the first to run a sub-four-minute mile - but just how much slower were his predecessors, what happened next, and how much faster is the mile now than 50 years ago? BIGGER, BETTER, FASTER features an array of world-beaters, and monitors how they were progressively eclipsed. It presents a range of illustrated lists that show at a glance every holder of a diverting and diverse series of subjects, revealing such progressive lists as the highest football transfer fee, longest-reigning monarch, richest person in the world, worst air crash, longest-running play, deadliest battle, most valuable painting, fastest car, largest city, tallest building, highest-earning film, lowest four-round total in golf and the youngest person with a No. 1 chart hit.