When information came of age : technologies of knowledge in the age of reason and revolution, 1700-1850 /

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"Although the Information Age is often described as a new era, a cultural leap springing directly from the invention of modern computers, it is simply the latest step in a long cultural process. Its conceptual roots stretch back to the profound changes that occurred during the Age of Reason and...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Headrick, Daniel R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
1700-1899
Learning and scholarship > Europe > History > 18th century.
Learning and scholarship > Europe > History > 19th century.
Information resources > Europe > History > 18th century.
Information resources > Europe > History > 19th century.
Enlightenment.
Savoir et érudition > Europe > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Savoir et érudition > Europe > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Sources d'information > Europe > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Sources d'information > Europe > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières.
Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Enlightenment
Information resources
Intellectual life
Learning and scholarship
Speichermedien
Informationstechnik
Informatiewetenschap.
Savoir et érudition > Europe > 18e siècle.
Savoir et érudition > Europe > 19e siècle.
Systèmes d'information > Europe > 18e siècle.
Systèmes d'information > Europe > 19e siècle.
Mouvement des Lumières.
Éducation > Europe de l'Ouest > Histoire.
Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle.
Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
Transports et communications > Europe de l'Ouest > 19e siècle.
Transports et communications > Europe de l'Ouest > 18e siècle.
Électrification > Europe de l'Ouest.
Europe > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Europe > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Europe > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
Europe > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle.
Europe
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Information and its history
  • Organizing information, the language of science
  • Transforming information, the origins of statistics
  • Displaying information, maps and graphs
  • Storing information, dictionaries and encyclopedias
  • Communicating information, postal and telegraphic systems
  • Information ages, past and present.

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