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Crombie grants that some of the older science became
more accessible via printing; but does he not simply ignore the
dynamic of later medieval science towards visual formulation?
For, to translate force and energy into visual graphs and
experiments was, as it continued to be until the discovery of
electro-magnetic waves, the heart of modern science. Today,
visualization is recessive and this makes us aware of its
peculiar strategies during the Renaissance.
The invention of typography confirmed and extended the new
visual stress of applied knowledge, providing the first uniformly
repeatable commodity, the first assembly line, and the first
mass production.
* The invention of typography, as such, is an example of the
application of the knowledge of traditional crafts to a special