Episode 12: The Printing Press with Beaker Bros
Beaker Bros
English - April 23, 2021 14:14 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBScience Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The ability to mass-produce books through Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press is attributed to sparking the beginnings of the Scientific Enlightenment. In honour of UNESCO’s World Book Day, Sohnia and Jaanuni decided to dedicate this episode to the scientific and societal importance of the printing press. They end off by chatting about how science communication and misinformation have changed throughout millennia.
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