What Happened: The Gutenberg printing press was invented in 1440 by Johannes Gutenberg in Germany. Ten years later, the printing machine was ready for commercial use. Among the first items printed ...

After Johannes Gutenberg, information was mass-produced in print, by machines. Books were everywhere. The sentence became the “organizing principle,” and our cognition became “linear.” ...

Digital might be the literary future, with e-books on an inexorable rise, but a new trend for old-fashioned print craftsmanship - albeit a small one - must be giving printing press inventor Johannes ...

Zinger Key Points. The Gutenberg printing press was invented in 1440 by Johannes Gutenberg in Europe. A fun stat about the printing press and Elon Musk shows just how much money the Tesla CEO has.

The printing press was first invented in 1440 AD by Johannes Gutenberg. It’s not so relevant to our day to day lives today, but it’s a technology that forever changed the path of human history.

The fun statistic that links Musk and the printing press is the fact that if you bought a Gutenberg printing press in 1440 and started printing $1 million every day, you still wouldn't be worth as ...

Johannes Gutenberg, the German craftsman and inventor who originated a method of printing from movable type, passed away on February 3, 1468, in Mainz. The invention by Johann Gensfleisch zur ...

Johannes Gutenberg planned on printing 150 Bibles, but increasing demand motivated him to produce 30 extra copies, a total of 180. Around 48 complete "Gutenberg Bibles" are preserved.

Johannes Gutenberg planned on printing 150 Bibles, but increasing demand motivated him to produce 30 extra copies, which led to a total of 180. Currently known as the Gutenberg Bibles, around 48 ...