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 technology enabled the mass production of texts, breaking the previous dominance of knowledge held by the religious institutions. Before Gutenberg's innovation, books were painstakingly copied by hand, making them scarce and ac

On a blustery morning in the 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 impact was catastrophic, crushing buildings and burying people in a treacly soup. Dozens of people were killed, and many more suffered. Boston faced a monumen