THE GUTENBERG REVOLUTION: A HISTORY OF INNOVATION

Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid-15th century transformed the world. This groundbreaking mechanism enabled the mass production of texts, breaking the previous monopoly of knowledge held by the church. Before Gutenberg's invention, books were painstakingly copied by hand, making them expensive and accessible only to th

On a blustery January in the year, disaster unfolded Boston. A massive tank filled with sticky, sweet molasses burst sending a torrent of the thick liquid flowing through the streets. The power was catastrophic, flattening buildings and trapping residents in a treacly mire. Scores of people were fatally injured, and many more suffered. The city f