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We may love books, but do we know what lies behind them? Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue, and board from which a book is made tell as rich a story as the words on its pages -- of civilizations, empires, human ingenuity, and madness. In a tactile history of this 2,000-year-old medium, Houston follows the development of writing, printing, the art of illustrations, and binding to show how we have moved from cuneiform tablets and papyrus scrolls to the hardcovers and paperbacks of today.

Book history --- Graphics industry --- bindings [gathered matter components] --- books --- Books --- History. --- Printing --- Paper --- Illustration of books --- 655.3 --- Boekdesign ; illustraties ; boekomslagen --- Boeken ; geschiedenis ; vervaardiging --- Book illustration --- Art --- Decoration and ornament --- Pictures --- History --- Grafische industrie ; het drukken van boeken, boekbinden --- 766.11(091) --- Grafische industrie en ontwerp ; drager ; papier & boek ; geschiedenis (overzicht)

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The hidden history of the pocket calculator--a device that ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb, and went with us to the moon--and the mathematicians, designers, and inventors who brought it to life.