Ballpoint
Subtitle: a tale of genius and grit, perilous times, and the invention that changed the way we write
By: György Moldova ; translated from the Hungarian by David Robert Evans
Publisher: New Europe Books
Published: Aug 07, 2012
Place of publication: North Adams, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780982578117
Subjects: Ball-point pens; History; Biography; Inventors
Other titles: Ball-point
Work titles: Végtelen vonal
Description: The triumphs and the trials of the men who invented the modern ballpoint pen as they battled corporate greed, dark eras--and each other.
Notes: "First published, in Hungarian and English, in 2001 by ICO"--T.p. verso.