Copies in Seconds: How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company Created the Biggest Communication Breakthrough Since Gutenberg--Chester Car - Paperback
by David Owen
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9780743251181ISBN-10:743251180UPC:9780743251181Book Category:Business & Economics, History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Corporate & Business History, United States, Science & TechnologyBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.67 x 5.49 x 0.82 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCYRXAHXW7
Copies in Seconds: How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company Created the Biggest Communication Breakthrough Since Gutenberg--Chester Car
A lone inventor and the story of how one of the most revolutionary inventions of the twentieth century almost didn't happen.
Introduced in 1960, the first plain-paper office copier is unusual among major high-technology inventions in that its central process was conceived by a single person. Chester Carlson grew up in unspeakable poverty, worked his way through junior college and the California...
Introduced in 1960, the first plain-paper office copier is unusual among major high-technology inventions in that its central process was conceived by a single person. Chester Carlson grew up in unspeakable poverty, worked his way through junior college and the California...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9780743251181ISBN-10:743251180UPC:9780743251181Book Category:Business & Economics, History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Corporate & Business History, United States, Science & TechnologyBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.67 x 5.49 x 0.82 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCYRXAHXW7
David Owen plays in a weekly foursome, takes mulligans off the first tee, practices intermittently at best, wore a copper wristband because Steve Ballesteros said so, and struggles for consistency even though his swing is consistent -- just mediocre. He is a staff writer for The New Yorker, a contributing editor to Golf Digest, and a frequent contributor to The Atlantic Monthly. His other books...
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