Informatica mastering information through the ages

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"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 prin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wright, Alex, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press 2023
Subjects:
Information organization > History.
Information storage and retrieval systems > History.
Information society > History.
Internet > History.
Organisation de l'information > Histoire.
Systèmes d'information > Histoire.
Société de l'information > Histoire.
Internet > Histoire.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History
Information organization
Information society
Information storage and retrieval systems
Internet
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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.

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