A German blacksmith named Johannes Gutenberg was known for inventing the mechanical moveable type printing press. Gutenberg’s printing press is considered the most important invention of the modern era because it profoundly impacted the transmission of knowledge. Invented around 1439‚ initiated nothing less than a revolution in print technology. His scripts allowed manuscripts to be massed produced at relatively affordable costs. It allowed the mass printing of ideas and greatly aided education
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The printing press was transformed by Johann Gutenberg‚ a German goldsmith‚ and more than 8 million books were printed in Western Europe between 1456 and 1500. This invention had an effect with the Protestant Reformation. It not only furthered the knowledge of geography‚ but it also expanded knowledge throughout the countries and whether you were wealthy or poor‚ printing made books available to the general public. By 1560‚ many people were either Catholic‚ Protestant‚ or mixed (Doc. 5). Non-Catholic
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Laura K. Ms. Christensen World History 12‚ Period 6 12 September 2012 Legacies of the Renaissance Beginning in the late 14th century‚ European researchers became involved in learning about the world around them. Their discoveries issued in a dawn of a new age—the Renaissance/“rebirth.” New ideas such as humanism‚ perspective‚ republicanism‚ and advances in fields of art‚ science‚ and more resulted in the nature of the era. The legacy of the Renaissance was art‚ education‚ and technology
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Raponi FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel: 905-555-1010 Cell: 416-555-5132 Email: tsraponi@fivefivefive.ca ------------------------------------------------- ONTARIO’S DRIVE CLEAN PROGRAM ------------------------------------------------- 2013 Press Release Drive Clean plays an important role in safeguarding Ontario’s air quality by identifying immoderately polluting cars and trucks with emissions problems and getting them off the roads. As of January 1st‚ 2013‚ the standardized emission testing
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Renaissance and reformation? Many things changed during the Renaissance and reformation. The peoples’ prospective changed due to the major changes that came about. The three main things that changed were art‚ religious views‚ and the printing press. Each one of these changes made a significant difference in shaping the future of the world. At that period of time people had conflicts on whether these changes were good choices. One of the first changes that happened was in art. Artist of that
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Cited: Donatich‚ John. “Books Still Matter in a Digital Age” Journal of Scholarly Publishing. Vol. 40‚ No. 4. Pg. 329-342. University of Toronto Press‚ July 2009. 21 Aug 2014.
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Censorship is a controversial topic that has split people’s opinions‚ beliefs and arguments into halves. Since the 15th century‚ many forms of printing press have been subject to censorship and the same applies to movies‚ broadcasting‚ televisions and the internet in the 20th century. Censorship is mostly used to impose moral values on the society‚ as to censor material that are considered aggressive. Censorship is considered by some people as a form of prohibition and punishment‚ while others consider
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In the 1430’s a man named Johann Gutenberg created the predecessor to the modern printing press. The level of importance of the printing press is rivaled by few other inventions‚ so much so that “the invention of the printing press” is often used as a reference to the social‚ political‚ and scientific change experienced by Europe after the press’s introduction. (Wikipedia). Johannes Gutenberg invented a mechanical way of making books. This was the first example of mass book production. Before the
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In the Zipcar Case‚ Chase is an emerging entrepreneur‚ with hopes of starting a successful company. They come up with the idea of timesharing a car‚ which will eventually get the name of Zipcar. Chase and her friend Danielson had initially funded the startup and forgone a salary for the company. While Chase and Danielson did not have a lot of experience in the car rental business‚ other than Danielson having some car sales experience‚ they sought out a lot of advice from many resources. Chase
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