The Gutenberg Revolution
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PRODUCT DETAILS :
DIMENSION : 198 mm x 127 mm
WEIGHT : 210 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
History & Archaeology
Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes
In 1450, all Europe's books were handcopied and amounted to only a few thousand. By 1500 they were printed, and numbered in their millions. The invention of one man - Johann Gutenberg - had caused a revolution. Printing by movable type was a discovery waiting to happen.
Born in 1400 in Mainz, Germany, Gutenberg struggled against a background of plague and religious upheaval to bring his remarkable invention to light. His story is full of paradox: his ambition was to reunite all Christendom, but his invention shattered it; he aimed to make a fortune, but was cruelly denied the fruits of his life's work. Yet history remembers him as a visionary; his discovery marks the beginning of the modern world.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9780553819663 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Man, John | |
| PUBLISHER : Transworld Publishers Ltd | PUBLICATION DATE : July 30, 2009 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group) |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
WEIGHT : 210 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
History & Archaeology
Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes