Most scholars cite the invention of paper as occurring in AD 105 when an eunuch in the Han court named Cai Lun created a papermaking process that was reported to the Chinese Emperor by Ts’ai Lun, an ...

From school notebooks and storybooks to newspapers and artwork, paper is a silent hero of everyday life. But have you ever stopped to think where paper actually came from? Long before printers and ...

Few of us give thought to paper’s impact on our lives. From printouts to books to household goods, paper has become an omnipresent yet nearly invisible part of life. But in his new book The Paper ...

Two new books about the history of paper — both tell the same story, right? Well, not really, and, in their differences, the books reveal much about the writing and reading of history. Consider this ...

A French accountant invented the machine that made modern paper possible. His employer sent the design to England behind his back. Two English brothers paid for the development and got their name on ...