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Johannes Gutenberg
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Johannes Gutenberg was born in 1395 mainz, Germany
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Johannes Gutenberg was the first person to make the first moveable type printer.
Gutenberg's printing press was one of the best thing someone could every create in that time period because before they had to hand write the books.
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Thesis:
Johannes Gutenberg's printing press influenced modern times by making books more affordable and having someone make Project Gutenberg
Gutenberg's printing press influenced modern times because it made more people start to read and it made books a lot affordable.
Gutenberg's printing press made people start to read because there were more books not just books for the rich.
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Quote 1:
"Gutenberg's printing press revolutionized the creation of books and helped make then more affordable in a new era of affordable books and literature.
When Gutenberg made the printing press it made more people start to read because it made books more affordable for everyone.
Before Gutenberg made the printing press only the rich could get books because they cost a lot of money because they had it hand write them.
Woman and child had access to books, which meant they would for the first time have ability to accumulate knowledge.
When people could get books it made them smarter because then they could learn how to read and they could learn new words to use.
Quote 2:
"Project Gutenberg is a volunteer effort to digitize and achieve cultural works to encourage the creation and distribution of ebooks. Project Gutenberg is the oldest digital library. "They named it project Gutenberg because he propelled the movable type printing press"
Project Gutenberg made a thing for people to get old books on ebooks and the ebooks are even free!
People started project Gutenberg for the distribution of ebooks and to encourage people to create ebooks.
Works cited:
Meltzer,Milton. The Printing Press. New York: Benchmark Books, 2004. Print.
MIT. “Johann Gutenberg ” Lemels N~mit. MIT. August, 2004. February 3
Tejvan Pettinger. “Johann Gutenberg” Biography online. Biography online. December 2012.
February 4.
"Johann Gutenberg." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Biography in
Context. Web. 13 Feb. 2014.
Tejvan Pettinger. “Johann Gutenberg” Biography online. Biography online. December 2012.
February 4.
"Johann Gutenberg." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Biography in
Context. Web. 13 Feb. 2014.
