Who in the World Was the Secretive Printer?

出版者:W. W. Norton & Company

作者:Robert Beckham

页数:40

出版时间:2005-08

价格:USD 9.50

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780972860369

In the new Who in the World series, masterful storytellers re-imagine the lives of important, but often neglected, persons in history.

Discover the intriguing story of Johannes Gutenberg in this first engaging junior-level biography. Robert Beckham goes beyond the few facts usually told about the inventor of the printing press and tells us Gutenberg's story. Why did Gutenberg make thousands of small mirrors? When did he learn how to mint coins? Why did his girlfriend take him to court? 16 illustrations.