Tom Standage
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Journalist at The Economist and author of five history books, including "The Victorian Internet", "A History of the World in 6 Glasses" and "An Edible History of Humanity"."
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A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage avg rating 3.64 — 705 ratings — published 2005 11 editions |
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The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage avg rating 3.68 — 142 ratings — published 1998 6 editions |
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The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine by Tom Standage avg rating 3.95 — 76 ratings — published 2002 9 editions |
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An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage avg rating 3.41 — 58 ratings — published 2009 2 editions |
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The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting by Tom Standage avg rating 3.88 — 17 ratings — published 2000 6 editions |
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An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage, George Wilson avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 |
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Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage, George K Wilson avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 |
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An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 |
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An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage, George K Wilson avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 |
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""You Americans are a very singular people," he later recalled to one of his friends. "I went with my automaton all over my own country—the Germans wondered and said nothing. In France they exclaimed, Magnifique! Merveilleux! Superbe! The English set themselves to prove—one that it could be, and another that it could not be, a mere mechanism acting without a man inside. But I had not been long in your country, before a Yankee came to see me and said, 'Mr Maelzel, would you like another thing like that? I can make you one for five hundred dollars.' I laughed at his proposition. A few months afterwards, the same Yankee came to see me again, and this time he said, 'Mr Maelzel, would you like to buy another thing like that? I have one already made for you.' ""
— Tom Standage (The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine)
— Tom Standage (The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine)
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