THE GUTENBERG REVOLUTION: A HISTORY OF INNOVATION

Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid-15th century revolutionized the world. This groundbreaking mechanism enabled the mass production of books, breaking the previous monopoly of knowledge held by the clergy. Before Gutenberg's innovation, books were painstakingly copied Cultural Impact by hand, making them rare and access

On a blustery morning in that fateful year, disaster befell Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses burst sending a wall of of the thick liquid crashing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, flattening buildings and burying people in a treacly mire. Scores of people were killed, and many more sustained injuries. Th