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Printing Links
Richard Romano
其他書名
History, Science, Technology and the Graphic Arts
出版CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015-11-09
主題Technology & Engineering / History
ISBN15188022309781518802232
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=gutFjwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In "Printing Links," graphic communications industry writer and analyst Richard Romano tells 21 stories that careen through the history of science and technology, with stops in such fields as politics, art, literature, medicine-and, of course, the graphic arts. Printing, typography, photography, and related disciplines are never far from major technological advancements-and new scientific discoveries have always enabled new developments in the graphic arts.In these fascinating and often entertaining essays, we'll meet the famous, like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Enrico Caruso (Enrico Caruso?), as well as the not-so-famous, such as:* Baron Karl von Drais, hapless inventor of prototypes of both the bicycle and the typewriter-neither of which made him a dime;* W.H. Coltharp who became infamous for mailing an entire bank to himself via Parcel Post; and * Robert FitzRoy, a former ship captain and pioneer of newspaper weather forecasts, who actually used to apologize publicly for wrong forecasts.Think of "Printing Links" as the printed equivalent of "Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe"-and will even tell you why you probably pronounce "Ye" incorrectly.