THE GUTENBERG IMPACT: A STORY OF INVENTION

Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid-15th century transformed the world. This groundbreaking mechanism enabled the mass production of texts, breaking the previous dominance of knowledge held by the clergy. Before Gutenberg's innovation, books were painstakingly copied by hand, making them expensive and accessible only to

On a blustery afternoon in that fateful year, disaster struck Boston. A massive tank filled with sticky, sweet molasses ruptured sending a torrent of the thick liquid crashing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, smashing buildings and trapping citizens in a gooey soup. Dozens of people were killed, and many more sustained injuries. B