THE GUTENBERG IMPACT: A STORY OF INVENTION

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 dominance of knowledge held by the church. Before Gutenberg's discovery, books were painstakingly written by hand, making them expensive and accessible only to

On a blustery January in that fateful year, disaster befell Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses gave way sending a tidal wave 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 killed, and many more suffered. The cit