The Gutenberg Revolution: The Story of a Genius and an Invention That Changed the World

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The Gutenberg Revolution: The Story of a Genius and an Invention That Changed the World

• The Gutenberg Revolution: The Story of a Genius and an Invention That Changed the World available on June 24 2017 from Amazon for 35.00
  
• ISBN bar code 9780747245049 ξ2 registered June 24 2017
  
• ISBN bar code 9780747245049 ξ1 registered May 23 2017
  
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In 1450, all western Europe's books were handcopied and amounted to no more than a single modern library. By 1500 they were printed and numbered in their millions. Printing made possible the development of modern science and literature, and the political shift from statelets to nations. It brought about the biggest changes in human culture since the invention of the alphabet itself. The man responsible was Johann Gutenberg, born in 1400 in Mainz, Germany. John Man explains how this technical genius whose research into printing was funded by wealthy sponsors, struggled against a background of plague, religious upheaval and legal battles to bring his remarkable invention to light.

^ John ManThe Gutenberg Revolution by John Man (2002, Hardcover) ISBN 9780747245049 (revised Jun 2017)
^ John ManThe Gutenberg Revolution: The Story of a Genius and an Invention That Changed the World, Headline Review. Amazon. ISBN 9780747245049 (revised Jun 2017)