#908 Johannes Gutenberg – inventor of the printing press
In the 1440s, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press and changed the world. It is not very often where you can say that an invention caused such enormous ripples that…
In the 1440s, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press and changed the world. It is not very often where you can say that an invention caused such enormous ripples that…
Why do we say “hack writer” and “quack doctor”? Hack comes from Hackney and quack comes from quacksalver, the Dutch for a seller of medicines. A hack has a negative…
Why is the Gutenberg Bible special? Because it was the first mass-produced book made with movable type. The Gutenberg Bible is named for Johannes Gutenberg, who famously perfected movable type…
I learned this today. We say “the press” to refer to the media because the first newspapers were made on a movable type printing press. Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable-type…