Copies in seconds : how a lone inventor and an unknown company created the biggest communication breakthrough since Gutenberg : Chester Carlson and the birth of the Xerox machine
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Owen, David, 1955-
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TR1045 .O94 2004
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LC Subjects
Carlson, Chester Floyd, -- 1906-1968.
Inventors.
Inventors.
Xerography -- History.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Carlson, Chester Floyd, -- 1906-1968
History.
Inventors.
Xerography.
Other Subjects
Carlson, Chester Floyd, -- 1906-1968.
Carlson, Chester Floyd.
Children's nonfiction. -- NZ-WeK
Inventeurs.
Inventors
Inventors.
inventors.
Kopieermachines.
Xerografie
Xerography -- History.
Xérographie -- Histoire.

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306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
UPC
99808181567

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"Chester Carlson grew up in 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 ideas to two dozen major corporations - among them IBM, RCA, and General Electric - all of which turned him down. So persistent was this failure of capitalist 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." "Drawing on interviews, Xerox company archives, and the private papers of the Carlson family, David Owen has woven together a story about persistence, courage, and technological innovation - a story that has never before been fully told."--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Owen, D. (2004). Copies in seconds: how a lone inventor and an unknown company created the biggest communication breakthrough since Gutenberg : Chester Carlson and the birth of the Xerox machine . Simon & Schuster.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Owen, David, 1955-. 2004. Copies in Seconds: How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company Created the Biggest Communication Breakthrough Since Gutenberg : Chester Carlson and the Birth of the Xerox Machine. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Owen, David, 1955-. Copies in Seconds: How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company Created the Biggest Communication Breakthrough Since Gutenberg : Chester Carlson and the Birth of the Xerox Machine New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Owen, D. (2004). Copies in seconds: how a lone inventor and an unknown company created the biggest communication breakthrough since gutenberg : chester carlson and the birth of the xerox machine. New York: Simon & Schuster.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Owen, David. Copies in Seconds: How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company Created the Biggest Communication Breakthrough Since Gutenberg : Chester Carlson and the Birth of the Xerox Machine Simon & Schuster, 2004.

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