From there, the benefits of Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press caught on like wildfire, with over 100 printers in operation across Europe by 1480.

The printing press, one of the most important inventions in human history, was developed around the same time by two very different cultures, separated by vast distances.

Here’s the math: The printing press was invented 582 years ago Depending on the date it was invented, it could have been 212,674 days ago (based on Jan 1. 1440 and Sept. 1, 2022) ...

His invention became so synonymous with communication that it lent its name to a then-burgeoning mass media field called the press. The Gutenberg Project, the oldest library of digitized books, is ...

GUTENBERG How One Man Remade the World With Words by John Man John Wiley & Sons 312 pages, $24.95 After Johann Gutenberg died and was buried in 1468, a monument was erected on his grave that ...

While many think Gutenberg invented the printing press, the revolutionary technology actually originated in East Asia. Now, a powerful X-ray machine will determine how the method evolved before ...

The Musical!,” a ticklishly funny but, well, paper-thin show about two theater-smitten fellows determined to put on a big Broadway show about the inventor of the printing press.