The Book of Books
July 27, 2015
A stone’s throw from Strasbourg’s awe-inspiring red-sandstone cathedral stands a monument to Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of movable type printing. That invention–probably the most important event of the modern period–triggered the printing revolution with profound consequences for education, economics, science, politics and society. Gutenburg lived in Strasbourg for at least a decade from 1434 and is […]