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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780743251181
- Book Title
- Copies in Seconds : How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company Created the Biggest Communication Breakthrough since Gutenberg--Chester Carlson and the Birth of Xerox
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
- Topic
- Economic History, General, Industrial Technology, Corporate & Business History, Science & Technology
- Item Weight
- 11.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0743251180
ISBN-13
9780743251181
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43120506
Product Key Features
Book Title
Copies in Seconds : How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company Created the Biggest Communication Breakthrough since Gutenberg--Chester Carlson and the Birth of Xerox
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Economic History, General, Industrial Technology, Corporate & Business History, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2005
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
11.9 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
686.442092
Synopsis
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 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.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.Copies in Secondsis a tale of corporate innovation and risk-taking at its very best., 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 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. 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. Copies in Seconds is a tale of corporate innovation and risk-taking at its very best.
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