Printing & knowledge
Discover the tools and ideas that made knowledge reproducible.
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Explore the relationship between printing technology, the circulation of ideas and access to knowledge. Begin with the stories below.
Stories & perspectives
History of Technology
The History of the Printing Press: From Ancient Impressions to the Engine of Modern Knowledge
Few inventions in human history have reshaped civilization as profoundly as the printing press. Its evolution—from hand-carved woodblocks in ancient C...
Essays
Looking at a Structural Problem in Chinese Movable Type - Insights from the Wood Movable-Type Edition of Wang Zhen’s Nong Shu
While collecting materials on textile technology for this history-of-technology website, I naturally traced the sources back to Nong Shu ( 农书，The B...