Did You Know...Fascinating Printing Facts

Did you know... Einstein praised the printing press, noting it was an important agent in the transformation of learning and the rise of modern scientific thought? Einstein believed the printing press transformed the educational process and the student/teacher relationship, as well as the research process. Technical textbooks became silent teachers, easily available to students. He noted in his writings that updated editions, especially mathematical ones, provided students with knowledge that would eventually surpass not only their instructors, but the wisdom of ancients.