{"product_id":"copies-in-seconds-how-a-lone-inventor-and-an-unknown-company-created-the-biggest-communication-breakthrough-since-gutenberg-chester-carlson-and-the-paperback","title":"Copies in Seconds: How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company Created the Biggest Communication Breakthrough Since Gutenberg--Chester Carlson and the - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Owen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lone inventor and the story of how one of the most revolutionary inventions of the twentieth century almost didn't happen.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 Institute of Technology, and made his discovery in solitude in the depths of the Great Depression. He offered his big idea to two dozen major corporations -- among them IBM, RCA, and General Electric -- all of which turned him down. So persistent was this failure of capitalistic vision that by the time the Xerox 914 was manufactured, by an obscure photographic-supply company in Rochester, New York, Carlson's original patent had expired. \u003cbr\u003e Xerography was so unusual and nonintuitive that it conceivably could have been overlooked entirely. Scientists who visited the drafty warehouses where the first machines were built sometimes doubted that Carlson's invention was even theoretically feasible. Building the first plain-paper office copier -- with parts scrounged from junkyards, cleaning brushes made of hand-sewn rabbit fur, and a built-in fire extinguisher -- required the persistence, courage, and imagination of an extraordinary group of physicists, engineers, and corporate executives whose story has never before been fully told. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCopies in Seconds\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale of corporate innovation and risk-taking at its very best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Owen\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eGolf Digest, \u003c\/i\u003e and a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly.\u003c\/i\u003e His other books include \u003ci\u003eThe First National Bank of Dad, The Chosen One, The Making of the Masters, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Usual Game.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Washington, Connectic\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.67 x 5.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468113985789,"sku":"9780743251181","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/VjA4SEVWaDd4eG5hREkzNDR3NEgwQT09.webp?v=1777285429","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/copies-in-seconds-how-a-lone-inventor-and-an-unknown-company-created-the-biggest-communication-breakthrough-since-gutenberg-chester-carlson-and-the-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}