50 Things That Made the Modern Economy   /     Gutenberg press

Description

Johannes Gutenberg's printing press changed the course of human history. It created a new way of doing business, drastically reduced the cost and speed of making books, and enabled texts, ideas and arguments to spread further and faster than ever before. So why did he struggle to make money from it?

Subtitle
A revolutionary technology - so why did its inventor struggle to make money from it?
Duration
610
Publishing date
2020-03-02 02:00
Link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csz2xn
Contributors
  BBC World Service
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Enclosures
http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-low/proto/http/vpid/p0853twd.mp3
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