The printing press revolutionized the way humans communicate their thoughts and ideas during the Renaissance. Before the printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg, the production speed of literary works was not very fast because they were hand-written by scribes and for them to finish a small book would take months of hard work. The ideas spread through these works were only about religion because the labor that is put in these were constrained by the church. When the printing press was invented, different people from all around Europe expressed and extended their own ideas about religion, politics, and many more. This raises the question, “What was the most important consequence of the printing press?” Important is a word that can
…show more content…
From the I.B. Cohen book review, The Scientific American, it states “ …As we turn the page of his [Isaac Newton] notebooks we can see his mind leap from summaries of his reading to his own new principles and results… He began to think of gravity as a force extending as far as the moon… In those two years a mathematician was born” (Doc 10). When the printing press helped circulate the ideas of scientists, philosophers, and scholars, it influenced other people like Isaac Newton to advance the ideas present in their works. This allowed Newton’s ideas to spread throughout European society, therefore providing people with more knowledge in the field of science and creating a foundation for modern physics. Information was not only extended through text, but also through illustrations. The printing press produced visual aids to further understand things such as the human anatomy (Doc 11). The book On the Fabric of the Human Body helped people gain a better understanding of the human anatomy. Illustrations on Vesalius’s book not only helped scholars, but made it possible for people who were unable to read learn the anatomy of the human body. These illustrations also helped expand the accurateness of the inner workings of the body and put aside the incorrect concepts that were presented by the Greeks and Romans in previous years. The advancing of ideas in the …show more content…
During the period of time the printing press was invented, it led to the alteration of the social structure of society (Doc 1). Unlike scribes, who were the ones responsible for books in earlier years by writing on paper with a pen, the printing press required numerous workers for it to finish a complete edition of a book or any other work of literature. So, after the printing press was introduced, it provided more job opportunities to the people who were currently residing in Europe. This also increased the population of authors and writers. The printing press did not only create new job opportunities, but it also helped mass produce books. As it is shown in the maps in Document 2, the number of printing presses was enlarged in a span of 29 years. This clearly indicates that the production of books during the 16th century increased. As the population of the printing press got greater, so did amount of its products such as books. Also, the faster expansion of books filled with knowledge, the education most likely increased as well. The economy was greatly enhanced due to
From the I.B. Cohen book review, The Scientific American, it states “ …As we turn the page of his [Isaac Newton] notebooks we can see his mind leap from summaries of his reading to his own new principles and results… He began to think of gravity as a force extending as far as the moon… In those two years a mathematician was born” (Doc 10). When the printing press helped circulate the ideas of scientists, philosophers, and scholars, it influenced other people like Isaac Newton to advance the ideas present in their works. This allowed Newton’s ideas to spread throughout European society, therefore providing people with more knowledge in the field of science and creating a foundation for modern physics. Information was not only extended through text, but also through illustrations. The printing press produced visual aids to further understand things such as the human anatomy (Doc 11). The book On the Fabric of the Human Body helped people gain a better understanding of the human anatomy. Illustrations on Vesalius’s book not only helped scholars, but made it possible for people who were unable to read learn the anatomy of the human body. These illustrations also helped expand the accurateness of the inner workings of the body and put aside the incorrect concepts that were presented by the Greeks and Romans in previous years. The advancing of ideas in the …show more content…
During the period of time the printing press was invented, it led to the alteration of the social structure of society (Doc 1). Unlike scribes, who were the ones responsible for books in earlier years by writing on paper with a pen, the printing press required numerous workers for it to finish a complete edition of a book or any other work of literature. So, after the printing press was introduced, it provided more job opportunities to the people who were currently residing in Europe. This also increased the population of authors and writers. The printing press did not only create new job opportunities, but it also helped mass produce books. As it is shown in the maps in Document 2, the number of printing presses was enlarged in a span of 29 years. This clearly indicates that the production of books during the 16th century increased. As the population of the printing press got greater, so did amount of its products such as books. Also, the faster expansion of books filled with knowledge, the education most likely increased as well. The economy was greatly enhanced due to