Ballpoint: A Tale of Genius and Grit, Perilous Times, and the Invention that Changed the Way We Write

基本信息出版社:New Europe Books (2012年8月7日)平装:224页正文语种:英语ISBN:0982578113条形码:9780982578117商品重量:367 gASIN:0982578113亚马逊热销商品排名:图书商品里排第328,198名 (查看图书商品销售排行榜)第1位-图书>进口原版书>History（历史）>Europe（欧洲）>Austria第22位-图书>进口原版书>History（历史）>World（世界）>Jewish第56位-图书>进口原版书>Science（科学）>History & Philosophy（历史与哲学）您想告诉我们您发现了更低的价格?

商品描述内容简介The triumphs and the trials of the men who invented the modern ballpoint pen as they battled corporate greed, dark eras--and each other.

László Bíró's last name is, in much of the world, a synonym for his revolutionary writing tool. But few people know that Bíró began his career in interwar Budapest as a journalist frustrated with spotty ink; that he escaped fascism by fleeing to Paris and, finally, to Buenos Aires; that a fellow Hungarian, Andor Goy, also played a vital role in the pen's development--and that, in a tragic twist of shared fate, business pressures and politics ultimately deprived both men of their rights to the ballpoint pen. Taking us from Hitler's Europe in 1938, to Argentina, where Bíró settled, and to Communist-era Hungary, where Goy lived out his life,Ballpointis a painstakingly researched, absorbing narrative that reads simultaneously like a work of history and a novel.媒体推荐"Ballpoint reads like a fast-paced mystery. Although we know from the start that its technological protagonist--the ballpoint pen--will triumph, we find ourselves repeatedly surprised by the story's unfolding episodes of international intrigue, financial deception, and legal shenanigans."

--Henry Petroski, author ofThe PencilandThe Essential Engineer

"Part biography, part historical novel, this fascinating book tells the remarkable story of László Bíró and Andor Goy, the two Hungarians who made the first workable ballpoint pen and who, despite the resounding success of their product, earned almost nothing from it."

--John Emsley, author ofMolecules of MurderandThe Elements of Murder

"The tale of László Bíró and Andor Goy . . . is a wonderful illustration of the role that human passions, foibles, and genius play in shaping the world around us."

--Robert Friedel, author ofZipper: An Exploration in Novelty