The Gutenberg Revolution: How Printing Changed the Course of History

Type

Book

Authors

John Man

ISBN 10

0553819666

ISBN 13

9780553819663

Tags

Authors, Europe, Scientists, Germany, World, Patents & Inventions, History, Publishing & Books, History of Technology

Description

In 1450, all Europe's books were handcopied and amounted to only a few thousand. By 1500, they were printed and numbered in their millions. The invention of Johann Gutenberg had caused a revolution: printing by movable type. Born in 1400 in Mainz, Germany, Gutenberg struggled against a background of plague and religious upheaval to bring his remarkable invention to light. His story is full of paradoxes: his ambition was to reunite all Christendom, but his invention shattered it; he aimed to make a fortune, but was cruelly denied the fruits of his life's work. Yet history remembers him as a visionary; his discovery marks the beginning of the modern world. - from Amzon

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