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The Legacy of Ptolemy’s Almagest

Initial Conditions: A Physics History Podcast

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How Did the Gutenberg Press Change the World?

The Pope hated George of Trebizond's translation of the Ome just. He was also criticized by Platonists who did not like his Aristotelian bias. The Gutenberg press invented by Johann Gutenberg in 1440 changed the world for books. By 1500, some say there were 20 books per person in Venice.

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