Pulp facts and fictions

As you're reading this, you're probably surrounded by paper. In any case, there's a very high probability you're within 10 meters of a piece of paper. Paper is so ubiquitous that we take it for granted. It's like air, we realize it's there only when we run out of it.

We've had paper in Europe since the 14th century, but the first papermakers were the Chi…