Here’s A Crazy Stat: If you bought a Gutenberg printing press in 1440 and started printing $1 million every day, you still wouldn’t be worth as much as Musk.

The printing press was first invented in 1440 AD by Johannes Gutenberg. It’s not so relevant to our day to day lives today, but it’s a technology that forever changed the path of human history.

The idea of a “Gutenberg parenthesis” was coined in the mid-1990s by three professors from the University of Southern Denmark: Lars Ole Sauerberg, Marianne Børch and Tom Pettit.

Johannes Gutenberg planned on printing 150 Bibles, but increasing demand motivated him to produce 30 extra copies, a total of 180. Around 48 complete "Gutenberg Bibles" are preserved.

The Gutenberg printing press was invented in 1440 by Johannes Gutenberg in Europe. A fun stat about the printing press and Elon Musk shows just how much money the Tesla CEO has. Get stock picks ...

The Gutenberg printing press was introduced in 1440 and is considered one of the greatest inventions of all time. Here's an interesting statistic that ties Musk, his wealth and the printing press ...

The Gutenberg Bible ranks among the most prized of rare books, but within three centuries of its printing around 1455, its version of Scripture was considered obsolete and its creator, Johannes ...

The printing press, one of the most important inventions in human history, was developed around the same time by two very different cultures, separated by vast distances.

Feel compelled to see a Gutenberg Bible up close? Here's a look at how its printing influenced the history of books and the religious landscape and what a 500-year-old volume can still reveal.

The Gutenberg press is pictured here with printed pages of the Bible hanging to dry. ... The printing press was invented around 1450 and the design was hardly changed for the next 400 years.

The Gutenberg Bible ranks among the most prized of rare books, but within three centuries of its printing around 1455, its version of Scripture was considered obsolete and its creator, Johannes ...