Summary: Copies In Seconds - David Owen

This work offers a summary of the book “COPIES IN SECONDS: How a Lone Inventor
and an Unknown Company Created the Biggest Communication Breakthrough Since
Gutenberg – Chester Carlson and the Birth of the Xerox Machine” by David Owen.

David Owen is a staff writer for The New Yorker. He is the author of a dozen
books including The Making of the Masters, The Chosen One, The First National
Bank of Dad and Hit & Hope.

In Copies in Seconds, David Owen tells the fascinating history of copying
documents. He recounts the creation of the first plain-paper office copier and
the life story of the man behind it, Chester Carlson. Introduced in 1960, the
Xerox machine has been recognized as one of the most remarkable products ever
marketed in America.

Based on extensive research, Copies in Seconds is an inspiring story about
courage, ambition and technological innovation.