TOM STANDAGE is business editor at
The Economist and author of
The Turk,
The Neptune File and
The Victorian Internet. He has also written for publications including the
Guardian,
Daily Telegraph,
New York Times and
Wired. He holds a degree in engineering and computer science from Oxford University, and is the least musical member of a musical family. He is married and lives in London.
A History of the World in Six Glasses was published by Atlantic Books in 2007.
La disponibilità d'acqua vincola da sempre le sorti dell'umanità, generando fortune e catastrofi, prosperità e guerre: eppure la più antica delle bevande non è l'unica ad aver condizionato la nostra storia. Fotografando cinquemila anni di eventi, Tom Standage getta una nuova luce...
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