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 books, breaking the previous control of knowledge held by the religious institutions. Before Gutenberg's innovation, books were painstakingly copied by hand, making them expensive and acces

On a blustery afternoon in that fateful year, disaster struck Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses ruptured sending a torrent of the thick liquid rushing through the streets. The power was catastrophic, flattening buildings and entombing people in a gooey mire. Dozens of people were fatally injured, and many more suffered.