ISBN:
9781501768675
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 268 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Uniform Title:
Glut
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Wright, Alex, 1966- Glut
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Wright, Alex, 1966- Informatica
DDC:
303.48/3309
Keywords:
Information organization History
;
Information storage and retrieval systems History
;
Information society History
;
Internet History
Abstract:
"A history of the information age, surveying major developments in the evolution of knowledge organization from pre-history to the early 1990s, culminating in the advent of the commercial Internet. Topics covered include the evolution of knowledge organization in oral cultures, writing and printing, libraries and archives, and early hypertext systems"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Networks and Hierarchies -- Family Trees and the Tree of Life -- The Ice Age Information Explosion -- The Age of Alphabets -- Illuminating the Dark Age -- A Steam Engine of The Mind -- The Astral Power Station -- The Encyclopedic Revolution -- The Moose that Roared -- The Industrial Library -- Information as "Science" -- The Web that Wasn't -- Memories of The Future.
Note:
"Hardcover edition originally published as Glut: Mastering Information through the Ages 2007 by Joseph Henry Press"--ECIP title page verso
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Includes bibliographical references and index
