THE GUTENBERG REVOLUTION: A HISTORY OF INNOVATION

Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid-15th century altered the world. This groundbreaking mechanism enabled the mass production of texts, breaking the previous monopoly of knowledge held by the church. Before Gutenberg's discovery, books were painstakingly copied by hand, making them expensive and accessible only to the we

On a blustery January in the year, disaster struck Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses burst sending a tidal wave of the thick liquid flowing through the streets. The impact was catastrophic, smashing buildings and burying citizens in a treacly mass. Hundreds of people were killed, and many more sustained injuries. Author