the man who invented the printing press. The printing press is one of those inventions that most people take for granted and do not realize their importance. Without the press we would still be handwriting every single copy of any book every written and so the question is what were the main consequences of the printing press? That is‚ what happened as a result of the invention of the printing press? The answer is that it marked the transition from script to printing and it allowed the mass production
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The Consequences of the Printing Press In 1350 the renaissance had begun‚ it was the time to bring back and restore many things from the past. Many people from the renaissance time tried to make a living on their own by painting and writing books. Although it seemed very hard to spread their ideas around the world but until 1444 their worries began to shrink. A man from Germany named Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press‚ which made possible for people to have copies of books and letters
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A printing press is a machine engineered for the purpose of mass fabricating and duplicating text and images in a short amount of time with the use of metal type or plates. The very first printing press with movable type‚ where the type can be moved and rearranged to form new and different text‚ dates back in China in 1‚000 A.D‚ created by a man named Pi Sheng. However‚ due to the complexity of the Chinese language‚ which contains thousands of characters‚ the printing press was proven void as it
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Before the Press: § majority of the population was illiterate § no standard for what proper writing was § ppl divided into upper class and lower class § knowing how to read did not mean that you knew how to write § knowledge limited to memory-- mnemonics & abrv. § books were rare and expensive § travel was dangerous - no maps § sense of time based on nature--no calendars‚ no clocks Brief history: § china made paper money and playing cards - block-printed § every word‚ phrase & pic was
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Printing Press and a Changing World The Development of Print Technology In the mid-15th century Johannes Gutenberg invented a mechanical way of making books. This was the first example of mass book production. In his workshop‚ he brings together the technologies of paper (brought from China to Italy in the 12th)‚ oil-based ink (these had been around since the 10th century) and the wine-press (screw-type press that had been in use for hundreds of years‚ throughout Europe and Asia) to print books
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A couple weeks ago I blogged about life in the Sixties and mentioned that computers were in existence‚ but housed in temperature controlled rooms and took up a great deal of space. This made me wonder how our lives have changed since computers have become commonplace. I attended high school in the late 70’s and remember a small group of students were selected to take a “computer class” which turned out to be a programming class. I wasn’t one of them. In fact‚ I didn’t see another computer until
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Technology Majors in High Demand Overseas: How Computer Technology Have Changed Our Lives?" 1. INTRODUCTION The 21st century is the age of computer technology and it has brought about a fundamental change in every facet of our life. It has largely influenced the way we communicate and the way information exchange is facilitated in today’s world. An emergent phenomenon that is a byproduct of advances in computer networking technology is the Internet. It has truly transformed the world into a global
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numerous and profound. Almost every aspect of our lives has been changed in some way by this incredible and incomparable invention. With all the ways computers are put to use nowadays it is hard to imagine what life was like before they were invented. It is important to mention that along with inventing computers scientist‚ mathematicians and researchers a bit later created also the Internet‚ which now is an inseparable element of almost all computers. Our society undoubtedly benefits from computers
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it links millions of people together across the globe. The technology has significantly changed the way we think about identity. Unlike face-to-face‚ online interaction provides an opportunity for one to be anonymous‚ invisible‚ and multiple. Users have the opportunity to portray‚ experience‚ and express unexplored aspects of the self. The computer and interaction online provide a safe place to construct‚ test‚ and transform our identities. The Internet allows people from all around the world to share
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So many new technologies have appeared in the past half century that it’s impossible to list them all. But these 10 high-tech breakthroughs stand out over the last 50 years because they’ve revolutionized the way Americans live. We look back at their beginnings‚ as well as where they’ve taken us today. 10. Organ transplants. In 1954‚ Dr Joseph Murray removed the kidney from one human patient and implanted it in another. The recipient accepted the kidney as its own rather than rejecting it as a
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