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Nov 2021
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Tom Standage traces technological advances in transport, from the invention of the wheel to the rise of the car


Tom Standage, author of A Brief History of Motion, speaks to Jon Bauckham about technological advances in transport, from the invention of the wheel to the rise of the car, and reveals why modern transport dilemmas echo those of the late 19th century.


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