Sunday, May 24, 2015

I enjoyed the book printing museum most, especially learning about the lead cast letters used right after they were made and remelted to be cast again. I also liked how they recognized that Gutenberg did not have the first movable type press, the Chinese did for their official documents, but since Gutenberg`s press was the first to use movable, 26 (ish) letters standard, instead of the several hundred Korean (?) characters, it is recognized as the first movable type printing press. I also enjoyed that we visited some sites in the country/suburbs so we got to see more of the different French cultures (and cats and horses). I really enjoyed the hands on activities at the ampere museum, and it helped me understand what I have learned in class better.

3 comments:

  1. I agree, the printing museum was the best site we've visited. I had no idea that the Koreans had invented a printing press before the Germans so that was really cool. Also the ampere house definitely drove home key EM principles.

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  2. I agree, the printing museum was the best site we've visited. I had no idea that the Koreans had invented a printing press before the Germans so that was really cool. Also the ampere house definitely drove home key EM principles.

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  3. I agree. Learning more about the first printing presses really drove home the concept of who gets credit for different inventions.

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