Johannes Kepler

helped lead us to our new technology? Printing presses have improved our printing. Instead of printing with woodblocks one letter per press, a easier machine was invented. A printing press is a machine for printing images or text and this was made by Johannes Gutenberg in the 1450s. So, what was a more important consequence of the printing press; exploration or reformation? In my opinion, the printing press had a more important consequence of exploration because with the printing press, they…

An craftsmen and inventor Johann Gutenberg who developed a printing method that revolutionized to produce books faster and made them affordable. In circa 1398, Gutenberg was born into a merchant family in Mainz, Germany. While living in Germany, he was trained by his family to be a goldsmith and a blacksmith. Experimenting with printing began in 1428 when a craftsmen revolt erupted causing his family to vacate and settling in Strasbourg, France. He later then manufactured metal blocks that…

There have been many major milestones in the history of mass media. From the production of the newspaper, radio, television, and social media, mass media has continued to affected culture throughout history. The printing press, invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century, made the mass production of print media possible. New transportation technologies make it easier for texts to reach a wide audience. Friedrich Koenig, a German printer, pushed media production even further when he…

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century America was going through expansionism. The country was developing economically, technological changes were taking place and major waves of immigration was being experienced. All these changes and developments were impacting various field, including the printing press. New era of communication was being established, and printing press was the essential tool. Printing press have had an enormous impact of influence on people. Since, the…

Gutenberg and the Printing Press https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xs4sg92XYJZ5VS9UWbj_8JDKD0WVQvn4yZcaRv4vXP8/edit?usp=sharing If you had been Gutenberg, would you have died a happy man or considered your life a failure? Why? I would have died a happy man if I were Gutenberg, because I would have made one of the best inventions in the world. Where would we be without printing books we would still be writing them if it wasn’t for Gutenburg we could probably only fill up like seven libraries…

Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist. He lived from 1833 to 1897 during the romantic music period. Many people associate him with Bach and Beethoven, considering them the three biggest influences in classical music. Brahms composed for piano, chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra, and voice and chorus. His technique roots from the Baroque and Classical styles. He is known as the master of counterpoint, symphonic, and sonata style, approaching harmony and melody in a new and…

Banned Books No More German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg invented a highly successful printing press that the Church took advantage of to spread their beliefs in 1454 (Special Collections). The exact number of books that have been printed since then is unknown; however, Leonid Taycher, a Google software engineer, has stated on the blog “Google Books Search” that there are about 146 million “printed and bound” books. Like people, not all books are the same and each one has a different message…

My biography is about an inventor named Johannes Gutenberg which is short for Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg. Johannes Gutenberg was born in the year of 1395 in Mainz, Germany. Gutenberg's nationality was German. He was born in a modest family. I do know he had siblings, but I could not find any information about their names or anything else. Gutenberg was the third son of Freile zum Gensfleisch and Else Wirick zum Gutenberg which was his father's second wife. He got the name…

Everyday, we read books. Instruction books, books for our own pleasure, books for school work. Books printed in ink on paper. Books like the very book you’re reading were printed using a giant, efficient, mechanical printer. While we owe technology for that high-tech printer, the concept of word processing today is all based off Johann Gutenberg’s genius idea of movable type. During the Renaissance, most books were hand-copied and took years just to complete a single book. Later, block printing…

Printing has been around since about 3000 BCE where the first printing presses were blocks and cylinders. The images were first duplicated on clay blocks, then silk fabrics, and finally paper. Technology has since evolved to the digital printing that we have today. Digital printing involves printing a digital image through a type of medium which include paper. There exist basically two types of digital printing products in the marketplace that are stickers and posters. Sticker printing is the…