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S1 EP2 - Great Leap Years - A Faustian Pact

Stephen Fry's Great Leap Years

Apr 16, 201850:51Society & Culture

A medieval tech start-up led by serial entrepreneur Johannes Gutenberg and his invention that unleashed a societal revolution. As Europe recovered from the scourge of the Black Death, a young man from a family that had m...

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S1 EP2 - Great Leap Years - A Faustian Pact is an episode from Stephen Fry's Great Leap Years. A medieval tech start-up led by serial entrepreneur Johannes Gutenberg and his invention that unleashed a societal revolution. As Europe recovere...

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Published Apr 16, 2018, 50:51 long, audio available.

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A medieval tech start-up led by serial entrepreneur Johannes Gutenberg and his invention that unleashed a societal revolution. As Europe recovered from the scourge of the Black Death, a young man from a family that had made its name in metalwork, specifically in gold and silver smithing pondered a new invention, It would combine his knowledge of working hot and molten metals with other technologies that had yet fully to coalesce in his mind. He believed that if he got it all right it would make him a staggering amount of money. Researched, written & read by Stephen Fry . Music composed and conducted by Guy Farley with The Chamber Orchestra of London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Published Apr 16, 2018 and 50:51 long