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Gutenberg
Gutenberg

Gutenberg

Un inventor impresionante

By Álvaro Marcos, Illustrated by Noemí Villamuza

9-12

Genios de la Ciencia

JUVENILE NONFICTION

36 Pages, 9.5 x 9.5

Formats: Cloth, PDF

Cloth, $19.95 (US $19.95) (CA $26.95)

Publication Date: March 2021

ISBN 9788417137021

Rights: US & CA

Vegueta Ediciones (Mar 2021)

Price: $19.95
 
 

Overview

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#&39;s book, although she has also worked assiduously in the youth and adult fields, graphic novels, press and advertising.

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