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Quirky Qwerty: A Biography of the Keyboard

by Torbjorn Lundmark

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This book has lots of characters. It tells the story of each character on the computer keyboard, as well as the multitude of additional marks that cannot be found on the keys but can stil be typed by anyone using a computer.

Where did they all come from? The story of the keyboard spans from ancient hieroglyphs to the very recent, committee designed Euro symbol.

Ample drawings, poems and notes are used to tell how the keyboard itself came to have its quirky layout, and the history of the letters, numbers, signs, and symbols we encounter in everyday written communication. All are covered in this book, including the hash, the dollar sign, all the punctuation marks, and that very old but very "with-it" cyber-symbol, the @.

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momofour98, November 16, 2007 (view all comments by momofour98)
The cover is very creative and makes you want to read the book.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780868404363

Subtitle:

A Biography of the Keyboard

Author:

Lundmark, Torbjorn

Publisher:

New South Wales University Press

Location:

UNSW, Sydney, NSW

Subject:

General

Subject:

History

Subject:

Alphabet

Subject:

Secretarial Aids & Training - Typing

Subject:

Typewriters

Subject:

Keyboards

Series Volume:

107-175

Publication Date:

March 2002

Binding:

Hardcover

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

176

Dimensions:

7.73x4.65x.66 in. .52 lbs.

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Quirky Qwerty: A Biography of the Keyboard Used Hardcover Torbjorn Lundmark

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