Using computer software, Blaise Aguera y Arcas and Paul Needham analysed Gutenberg's work to try and identify the tools he used to create them. To their surprise, they discovered every letter was different, casting doubts on his methods.

Of all the scientific discoveries that have disturbed the religious mind, none has had the impact of Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection.

Davidson romps through the eighteenth century ...Her vast command of its literature and history... is put to use in demonstrating that politeness and manners served hypocritical aims, principally the subjugation of servants and women...