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Informatica mastering information through the ages

"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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Wright, Alex, 1966- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press 2023
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.