Tom Standage

Tom Standage is an English science writer and author who writes on historical topics.

Tom Standage studied mechanical engineering and computer science at Oxford. Since then he has worked for The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and other newspapers and magazines. Today, he is an editor at The Economist.

Tom Standage lives with his wife and children in Greenwich. He plays the drums.

Works

  • The Victorian Internet. - Midas -Verlag, St. Gallen, 1999, ISBN 3-907100-72-7.
  • The Neptune File. The adventurous story of the discovery of the 8th planet. Campus -Verlag, Frankfurt / Main 2001, ISBN 3-593-36676-2.
  • The Turk. The story of the first chess machine and his adventurous journey around the world. Campus -Verl., Frankfurt / Main, 2002. ISBN 3-593-36677-0.
  • Six drinks that moved the world. - Artemis & Winkler, Dusseldorf, 2006 ISBN 3-538-07234-5 ISBN 978-3-538-07234-3.
  • Man is what he eats. How our food changed the world, from the English by Michael Schmidt; Artemis & Winkler Verlag, Mannheim 2010 ISBN 978-3-538-07290-9.
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