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A History of the World in 6 Glasses By: Tom Standage Essay by: Tiffany Dang A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage is about six drinks (beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and coca-cola) and how they have affected the world in the past and the present. All of these drinks were invented in different eras, and the inventions of these

Seeing the light: Smart glasses enhance vision for partially blinded people Visually weakened people could recover a degree of spatial awareness, cheers to some specially-developed smart glasses. Smart glasses that can benefit people with partial visualization to pilot and evade walking into obstacles have been developed by researchers at Oxford University. The smart glasses, which contain of a video camera attached on the frame of the glasses and a computer processing component that is slight

8. Early in “The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses” by Bessie Hill, Brille says that Hannetjie is not human, but his changes his mind throughout the story because he sees first that Hannetjie is like a child, and second that Hannetjie has a heart and is able to change. When the prisoners of Span One first meet Warder Hannetjie, they do not believe he is human because Brille sees in Hannetjie’s eyes a “simple, primitive, brutal soul” (Head 127). The warder treats the prisoners harshly trying to break their

The first misconception is that we should drink eight glasses of water per day. This misconception is not actually based on any scientific data. It is almost considered fact because doctors also recommend this to patients. It is rumored that the source of this belief came in 1945 from the US National Research Council (NCR), who recommended that adults should drink 1 milliliter for each calorie of food we intake, coming out to about 2.5 liters for men and 2 liters for women. This was supported by

the human race. While that may be the case, water was aided by many beverages that were developed over time. People were destined to eventually make, invent, find or discover these universal beverages, as described in A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage. He writes about six different beverages: beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea and Coca-Cola, which were all blown up to influence lifestyles, customs, cultures and more. While the six important beverages have not necessarily had a positive

“but friendship, much like talent, knows no boundaries” pg.3.In Linzi Glasses novel Ruby red, ruby along with her family believe that black and white people should treated be equally. Dashel and Julian along side the winters are also strong on staying true to their beliefs. in this book the importance of staying true to ones beliefs is very strong. Everyone has different notions and they don’t change based on other people. Ruby believes that people should not be treated differently because of the

Mutual Respect is the Key to Survival All species of animals, including humans, need to exhibit mutual respect for each other in order to live in harmony. In the short story, “The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses”, by Bessie Head, the main characters, Brille, the members of Span One, and the Warder Jacobus Stephanus Hannetjie quickly learn that having mutual respect for one another leads to a harmonious existence. The inmates, known as Span One, of a South African prison were a segregated group of political

A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Questions/Answers) Spirits 1) From which advanced civilization did Europeans get the ‘science’ of how to make spirits? A) The Arabs, who first started distilling wine and other substances for their experiments. 2) In what ways was the discovery and use of distillation important to the rebirth of science in Europe? A) Distillation and distilled wine were considered a therapeutic and medicinal miracle. It went hand in hand with the infant science of perfume

"The History of The World In Six Glasses" by Tom standage links beer,wine,spirits,coffee,tea and coca-cola, the six most important drinks discovered throughout human history, to impacting events that became known symbols to various nations and the history of humankind Our nomadic ancestors survived by hunting and gathering this meant they had to migrate from place to place to follow their prey,this was until 12,000 years ago when they discovered farming and its benefits along with this they discovered

A History of the World in 6 Glasses Section 1: Beer: Beer was not invented, it was discovered. Exactly when the first beer was brewed is unknown but there was almost certainly no beer before 10,000 BCE. The rise of beer was closely associated with the domestication of the cereal grains rom which it is made and the adoption of farming. Beer originated in the Fertile Crescent in Egypt and Mesopotamia. To beer drinkers in the Neolithic period, beer’s ability to intoxicate and induce a state of