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 control of knowledge held by the clergy. Before Gutenberg's innovation, books were painstakingly copied by hand, making them scarce and accessible only to the w

On a blustery January in that fateful 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 force was catastrophic, crushing buildings and entombing people in a gooey soup. Hundreds of people were fatally injured, and many more sustained injur