Tom Standage
Tom Standage (born 1969) is a British journalist, author, and editorial executive currently serving as the Deputy Editor of The Economist newspaper under editor-in-chef, Zanny Minton Beddoes. As head of the newspaper's digital strategy, Standage is the editor-in-chief of The Economist's website, applications, and digital platform. He first joined the paper in 1998 as a science correspondent from where he was successively appointed technology editor, business editor, and finally, digital editor.
Born and raised in England, Standage graduated from Oxford University with a degree in engineering and computing. He began his career in journalism as a science and technology writer for The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph. Standage is the author of several books, including his most recent work A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next.
A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next
The wonder of how we get from one place to another isn’t always a topic of profound thought, let alone an object of historical inquiry. In a century in which access to some form of automated transportation is something much of the world takes for granted, it’s often difficult to place the innovation into its broader historical context. The prolific writer Tom Standage helps readers do just that, detailing the nearly 6,000-year trajectory of ancient, medieval, and modern vehicles to reveal the prolonged trends, similarities, and pitfalls of each.
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