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 technology enabled the mass production of texts, breaking the previous control of knowledge held by the clergy. Before Gutenberg's invention, books were painstakingly copied by hand, making them rare and accessible only to the elite.

On a blustery afternoon in that fateful year, disaster struck Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses gave way sending a torrent of the thick liquid flowing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, smashing buildings and trapping residents in a treacly mire. Hundreds of people were fatally injured, and many more were