Paper: An Elegy by Ian Sansom - 9780007480272

Ian Sansom

Paper An Elegy\nby Ian Sansom\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Ian Sansom\nTitle: Paper An Elegy\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Communication studies\nPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\nISBN-13: 9780007480272\nISBN-10: 000748027X\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nA witty, personal and entertaining reflection on the history and meaning of paper during the (passing) era of its universal importance.Paper serves nearly every function of our lives. It is the technology with which we have made sense of the world.Yet the age of paper is ending. Ebooks now outsell their physical counterparts. Still, there are some uses of paper that seem unlikely to change Christmas won't be Christmas without wrapped presents or crackers. And the language of paper documents, files and folders .