As we know printing plays a major role in the history of books and discoveries from around the world. Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press was a combined effort of several discoveries and inventions (like the ones I wrote about last time) but it was the key to unlocking the modern age. The printing press was invented around 1436. It was built around a screw-type press with an added matrice on which symbols and characters could be arranged in any way. It was way easier than the woodblock printing in which a selection of symbols had to be craved from a block of wood. Guttenberg’s invention was very helpful during the Italian Renaissance, when classic texts were retrieved. It was a colossal moment in the history, which shows us how important was the invention of the printing press.
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/printing-press-renaissance
It is believed that this invention propelled the development of science and industry as well as an exchange of any revolutionary ideas - Protestantism among others.
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