Bill Kerr: what did the printing press change and how quickly did those change... - The Diigo Meta page

• 10 Jun 07
  

  francois schnell

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  Christy Tucker

  change netgeneration technology

  • the book ushered in a whole new way of thinking - scientific thinking
    
    How quickly did those changes happen?

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  Christy Tucker on 2007-06-10
  An interesting look at the idea of how culture (Western culture, at least) was changed by the invention of the printing press. Kerr summarizes points by John Lienhard that the printed book prompted the beginning of scientific reasoning. He says the changes happened in about one generation; the older generation had to pass before the younger generation could make these large-scale changes.
  

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