Tom Standage

Tom Standage's books

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

3.81 avg rating — 32,777 ratings

An Edible History of Humanity

3.77 avg rating — 6,021 ratings

The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers

3.95 avg rating — 3,526 ratings

Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First 2,000 Years

3.90 avg rating — 1,224 ratings

The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine

3.93 avg rating — 718 ratings

A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next

3.80 avg rating — 619 ratings

Uncommon Knowledge: the Economist Explains

3.51 avg rating — 567 ratings

Seriously Curious: The Facts and Figures that Turn Our World Upside Down (Economist Books)

3.38 avg rating — 562 ratings

Go Figure: Things you didn’t know you didn’t know: The Economist Explains

3.53 avg rating — 476 ratings

The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting

4.08 avg rating — 179 ratings