SCIENCE
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Powerful leaders and rich people could now have lots of books.
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Printed books had to be copied by hand, which created more jobs.
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Many average people became educated because they could get books more easily.
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People traveled from around the world to see the printing pre
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Detailed explanation-1: -Johann Gutenberg’s invention of movable-type printing quickened the spread of knowledge, discoveries, and literacy in Renaissance Europe. The printing revolution also contributed mightily to the Protestant Reformation that split apart the Catholic Church.
Detailed explanation-2: -Johann Gutenberg developed the first-known printing press in the 1430s at Strasbourg in Germany. From his childhood he had seen wine and olive presses. Drawing on this knowledge, Gutenberg adapted existing technology to design his innovation. The olive press provided the model for the printing press.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gutenberg greatly improved the process by treating typesetting and printing as two separate work steps. A goldsmith by profession, he created his type pieces from a lead-based alloy which suited printing purposes so well that it is still used today.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the 15th century, an innovation enabled people to share knowledge more quickly and widely. Civilization never looked back. Knowledge is power, as the saying goes, and the invention of the mechanical movable type printing press helped disseminate knowledge wider and faster than ever before.