The machine that made us
Type
Label
The machine that made us
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
The machine that made us
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
59
Summary
The printing press was the world's first piece of mass-production technology. Its invention changed the world as dramatically as splitting the atom or sending men into space. It ignited a cultural revolution that shaped the modern age. It changed the way our brains work, replacing a spoken culture with a written one. It is the machine that made us who we are today. Viewers will travel with Stephen Fry on a journey to explore the story of the machine and of the man who created it: Johann Gutenberg. The journey will be shaped by the search for answers to two central questions: how did Gutenberg do it, and why?
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Subject
Content
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Narrator
Incoming Resources
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Outgoing Resources
- Contributor3
- Genre1
- Subject5
- Content1
- resource.filmdirector1
- Narrator1