Google Doodle : День Иоганна Гутенберга Иоганн Гутенберг Celebrating Johannes Gutenberg celebrating-johannes-gutenberg Иоганн Гутенберг День Иоганна Гутенберга When it comes to first impressions, no other historical figure made one quite like the inventor of the mechanical movable type printing press: German craftsman Johannes Gutenberg This revolutionary technology made the knowledge found in books both affordable and accessible to the common person for the first time in history Today’s Doodle celebrates Gutenberg on the anniversary of this day in 2000 when the Gutenberg Museum launched a retrospective exhibition in his honor Although much of Gutenberg’s life is shrouded in mystery, historical records indicate he was born circa 1400 in Mainz, Germany, and first made his living as a metalworker in the goldsmith trade By the late 1430s, historians believe Gutenberg began to develop a more efficient text printing device in an attempt to pay off debts from a failed
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