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    Galileo’s Contributions Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer, played a major role in the scientific revolution. He laid the foundation of modern physics and astronomy. Initially, he studied medicine at the University of Pisa, but lost interest. Soon after that, Galileo developed an interest in mathematics and physics and began observing our solar system. While observing the solar system, he developed his own scientific method.. He later helped develop the modern scientific method, which…

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    printing left a significant and influential impact in Europe in the 1400s and an even more impact on society today. Before the printing press, people had to write books by hand. That would soon change, when one man named Johannes Gutenberg would change the world of printing. Johannes Gutenberg of Mainz, was a goldsmith and businessman and later an inventor that made life much easier by creating an improved way of writing around 1445 and 1450. He created a printing machine that used moveable…

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    Printing has been an intrinsic part of our life since the invention of paper. As a first means of communication, paper opened up a great deal of opportunities for people. Printing industry has undergone a variety of changes since the 90s. Jigar Shah, Founder of iPrint shares “I remember my dad bringing in one of the first Mac Machine with 4-5 different fonts in 90s with no regional language support! From letter pressing to printing, everything was manual. Today the scenario has completely…

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    The printing press was invented by the German Johannes Gutenberg around 1440s.The printing press made books easier and cheaper to produce, which increased the number of books, and lowered the cost of books so that more people could learn to read and get more reading materials.It made it easier to spread materials through the time of The Renaissance and the Reformation.It spread religious beliefs and eventually even led to the first translation of the Bible. The invention of the…

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    History Paper Draft Galileo Galilei once said, “I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” Despite the heavy opposition Galileo Galilei had to go through regarding the church, he was a great man of science. His discoveries and achievements had a huge impact on the Scientific Revolution and they are still widely used today in modern science. David Wootton, the author of Galileo: Watcher of the…

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    For this report I interviewed Robert Portegello of Robert’s Printing. Robert’s Printing is a family owned business in Brooklyn New York. We started this business with one thing in mind. To provide professional printing services in the Brooklyn area, this business was opened by selling blank pads with linear engraving, posters, and circulars. Before opening this business Robert had to access the local competition, luckily he knew what to do. Robert’s Printing was to have lower prices and better…

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    life is full of several examples that show contrast. when we look at our ways of living today, we will find out certain facts that are clear. Althrough we may look weak sometimes we can face hardship to set up some useful programmes for our future. there are diffrenet examples from people in_________and_________ to prove my view about this matter. Here is an example about about Linda Bove who was born deaf as her parents, in Garfield, New Jersey. At a period, when it was laborious for disabled…

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    When the printing press was invented in 1440, it did not have an effect on Europe’s societal literacy. Ten years later -around the 1450’s-1500’s -after the invention was created. It was a surprise to the civilization seeing how many printing shops there was in Europe. The map below shows that the printing press had spread through to 260 other towns throughout Europe in 1501. Since the printing press spread throughout 260 towns according to McLuhan “In 1500 there were fifteen to twenty million…

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    In 1440, Johannes Gutenberg invented a new type of movable print- the printing press. Gutenberg was a goldsmith born in Mainz in 1397, and went on to develop his press in the Holy Roman Empire. He saw the printing press as a financial opportunity, due to the high cost of books at the time. Prior to his groundbreaking invention, knowledge was very much limited to the royalty or the religious order because attaining access to any sort of literature was a painstaking task. In order to have a copy…

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    Johann Gutenberg also known as Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden Gutenberg was an amazing, German man in the world of science. He is well known for the invention of the printing press, but he was also a blacksmith, goldsmith, and publisher. He developed many items in the 1400’s such as the use of oil-based ink and printed several books. Most of Johann Gutenberg’s early life is a mystery, but we do know some information about him. He was born in 1398 in Mainz, Germany. Gutenberg was the youngest…

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