THE GUTENBERG REVOLUTION: A HISTORY OF INNOVATION

Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the Impact of Literacy mid-15th century altered the world. This groundbreaking technology enabled the mass production of texts, breaking the previous dominance of knowledge held by the church. Before Gutenberg's invention, books were painstakingly copied by hand, making them scarce and accessi

On a blustery January in that fateful year, disaster unfolded Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses ruptured sending a wall of of the thick liquid crashing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, smashing buildings and burying citizens in a gooey mire. Dozens of people were fatally injured, and many more sustained