The printing press, one of the most important inventions in human history, was developed around the same time by two very different cultures, separated by vast distances.

An analysis at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory aims to shed light on the origins of the printing press, comparing Germany’s Gutenberg Bible and early Korean Confucion texts.

The printing press was first invented in 1440 AD by Johannes Gutenberg. It’s not so relevant to our day to day lives today, but it’s a technology that forever changed the path of human history.

On this day, Gutenberg printed his first bible. It was the first step for an invention that would revolutionise the entire planet. Here's our short history of the printing press.

And that's not hyperbole. It's a weathered black binder, emblazoned with gold text on the front. In Gothic-style text it reads "A Leaf of The Gutenberg Bible (1450 - 1455)." Yes, that Gutenberg Bible.

From hand-copied manuscripts to high-speed digital presses, printing has reshaped the world. This video traces the journey from woodblock printing to Gutenberg’s movable type and beyond, showing ...

The idea of a “Gutenberg parenthesis” was coined in the mid-1990s by three professors from the University of Southern Denmark: Lars Ole Sauerberg, Marianne Børch and Tom Pettit.

“Johannes Gutenberg” does, in the end, boast a prophetic figure, even if it’s not Gutenberg himself. Twain’s 125-year-old tribute to the printing press feels apt for the moment: “It ...

Feel compelled to see a Gutenberg Bible up close? Here's a look at how its printing influenced the history of books and the religious landscape and what a 500-year-old volume can still reveal.

Here's a look at how its printing influenced the history of books and the religious landscape. And what a 500-year-old volume can still reveal. The term refers to each of the two-volume Bibles ...

The Gutenberg Bible ranks among the most prized of rare books, but within three centuries of its printing around 1455, its version of Scripture was considered obsolete and its creator, Johannes ...

A Gutenberg Bible is not your ordinary book. FILE - Members of the New York Public Library Board of Trustees pose for a photo with the first Gutenberg Bible to reach the U.S. 100 years prior ...