How did the printing press change the world?
Gutenberg's Metal Magic
How did the printing press change the world?
Before 1440, if you wanted a book, someone had to copy it by hand. Every. Single. Word. A Bible took a year to copy. Most people never saw a book in their entire life.
Then a German goldsmith named Johannes Gutenberg had a wild idea. He'd been making metal stamps for jewelry. What if he made tiny metal letters instead — one for each letter of the alphabet — and pressed them onto paper? He could arrange the letters into any words he wanted, ink them up, and BOOM: a whole page, printed in seconds.
