Gutenberg

American

[goot-n-burg, goot-n-berk] / ˈgut nˌbɜrg, ˈgut nˌbɛrk /

noun

Johannes Johann Gensfleisch, c1400–68, German printer: credited with invention of printing from movable type.

Gutenberg British

/ ˈɡuːtənbɛrk, ˈɡuːtənˌbɜːɡ /

noun

Johann (joˈhan), original name Johannes Gensfleisch. ?1398–1468, German printer; inventor of printing by movable type

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Where that’s all headed is anybody’s guess, just as it was half a millennium ago, early in the Gutenberg revolution of print.

From Los Angeles Times

It now houses approximately 178 million items, from ancient clay tablets to Stradivarius violins, from the Gutenberg Bible to ever-expanding digital records.

From The Wall Street Journal

Revival of a musical “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club” “Gutenberg! The Musical!”

From Los Angeles Times

Now, by using past climate information from annually resolved tree rings over two millennia, scientists from the University of Cambridge and the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have shown how exceptional the summer of 2023 was.

From Science Daily

No year came even close to last summer’s high heat, said lead author Jan Esper, a climate geographer at the Gutenberg Research College in Germany.

From Seattle Times

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