Einstein, Galileo, And Galileo's Impact On World History

Isaac Newton once said, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” Newton’s quote explains how the scientists of the past are the Scientific Giants of today. Einstein, Galileo, and Newton all defied the odds of their time periods to discover amazing things. Today people use simple things that all were major developments of some scientists’ time. In Galileo’s era, people had no concepts of the solar system but now anyone can look up live pictures of space with the touch of a button. Because of Galileo laying the building blocks for the fundamentals of solar exploration, he himself altered his era and the course of humanity. Galileo was just one little example of a technological change. By examining the printing press and telegraph, it is clear that they made an even larger impact on world history.
The printing press was introduced in the 13th century when China sent paraphernalia with “block printed” characters or pictures to the West. This process first meant carving out each character for every press and it was expensive, as well as time-consuming. Printers discovered metal type was more efficient. By the mid 15th century, the race was on for print masters to perfect the metal movable type. Johannes Gutenberg of Germany was the first one to make metal movable type of practical use. His development of the printing press spurred a spread in humanism and catholic faith because Bibles were being printed in large quantities. The press made printing books less expensive so more books were printed. More people became literate due to the variety of novels developing. Scientists could more easily publish their works and that made it easier for them to share their findings with colleagues. This caused the Scientific Revolution to begin. The printing press changed the Renaissance Era