Gutenberg Un inventor impresionante

by Marcos, Álvaro; Villamuza, Noemí

• ISBN13: 9788417137021
• ISBN10: 8417137025
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2021-03-01
• Publisher: Vegueta Ediciones

Summary

This volume tells the story of Johannes Gutenberg, the genius who invented the printing press and gave rise to the first great revolution in knowledge transmission. The story not only explains the context in which the inventor lived or the way typesetting works, it also describes the different media in which the written language has been present and explains the importance of books and publications, which allowed humanity to enter what we know today as the Modern Age.

Author Biography

Álvaro Marcos is a trained philologist, translator, and humanist and has worked since 2005 as an independent translator, editor, and writer. As well as his collaborations with Vegueta Ediciones, he is the author of a historical fiction novel and regularly publishes articles and reports on cultural critique in publications such as El Estado Mental. Noemí Villamuza studied fine arts in Salamanca and has lived in Barcelona since 1998. That year she illustrated her first children's book, although she has also worked assiduously in the youth and adult fields, graphic novels, press and advertising.