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Commentary

Nature Materials 7, 512–514 (1 July 2008) | doi:10.1038/nmat2215

Print and perish?

Joerg Heber

When, in around 1450, Johannes Gutenberg used a modified wine press to print books using movable type, he must have realized the cultural impact of his work. The first and only major printing project he undertook was his famous bible, completed in 1455 (Fig.