China's movable type, added to an earlier invention, paper, meant that more people had access to something to read and therefore it was worth learning to do so.
Other Chinese inventions, including paper (ad 105), were passed on to Europe by the Arabs but not, it seems, printing.
Writing about "Inventions for Paper Instruments and Orchestra," commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Los Angeles Times critic Mark Swed wrote that "Tan's contribution is to make everything about the concert experience, even holding a program on your lap, part of the heightened sensations".
With the evolution of the times, the inventions of paper and printing bring people a convenient and light carrier of words, which causes the appearance of book.
As a PIP member of the American Association in Medical Physics (AAPM) and other scientific forums, he published many articles and several books in Medical Imaging aspects, achieved awards in innovation, scientific hypothesis and inventions, and paper awards in world conferences.
Based on a survey of the inventors of 9017 European patented inventions, this paper provides new information about the characteristics of European inventors, the sources of their knowledge, the importance of formal and informal collaborations, the motivations to invent, and the actual use and economic value of the patents.
The historical Silk Road comprised an overland and a maritime route, both of which facilitated the transfer to Europe of South and East Asian goods and ideas, from Chinese tea to inventions like paper, gunpowder and the compass, as well as cultural products like Buddhist scripture and Indian music.
The invention of paper by the Chinese, solved these problems.
In 105 ce the invention of paper was announced by (Cai Lun) to the Chinese emperor Ho-ti, and the British Museum has a paper fragment dated about 137.
After the invention of paper, the ancient seal and clerical scripts were joined by styles known as running and cursive, which caught the movement of the individual hand.
