[Free pdf] The Gutenberg Revolution: How Printing Changed the Course of History
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| #346915 in Books | Transworld Publishers | 2010-05-01 | 2009-08-31 | Format: International Edition | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.80 x5.00l,.53 | File Name: 0553819666 | 304 pages |
||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Well-written & engaging story of technical innovation|By SaraM|I recently read this book on my Kindle. It is an interesting and engaging account of how Johannes Gutenberg pulled together all sorts of existing technology and improvised and created new methods so he could solve the problem of movable type. The information on the financial aspects of his entrepreneurial activitie||
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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 inve... [PDF.wl43] The Gutenberg Revolution: How Printing Changed the Course of History Rating: 4.80 (728 Votes)
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