The Gutenberg Revolution
- ISBN-10
- 1409045528
- ISBN-13
- 9781409045526
- Series
- The Gutenberg Revolution
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-10-31
- Publisher
- Random House
- Author
- John Man
Description
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.
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