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

by Tom Standage

Book Overview

From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses, an eye-opening road trip through 5,500 years of humans on the go, revealing how transportation inevitably shapes civilization.

Tom Standage's fleet-footed and surprising global histories have delighted readers and sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Now, he returns with a provocative account of an overlooked form of technology--personal transportation--and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1635573610
• ISBN13: 9781635573619
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.5"