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    The coming of the printing press must have seemed as if it would turn the world upside down in the way it spread and, above all, democratized knowledge. Provide you could pay and read, what was on the shelves in the new bookshops was yours for the taking. The speed with which printing presses and their operators fanned out across Europe is extraordinary. From the single Mainz press of 1457, it took only twenty-three years to establish presses in 110 towns: 50 in Ita!0 in Germany, 9 in France, 8 in Spain, 8 in Holland, 4 in England, and so on.

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I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.

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Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.

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I find sitting at a specially equipped desk in front of some pretty ugly plastics and staring at a little read more

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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I've found it!), read more

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I've found it!), but 'That's funny...' -Isaac Asimov.

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The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come read more

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Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.

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