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Informatica : Mastering Information through the Ages
Author
Uniform Title
Glut
Title
Informatica : Mastering Information through the Ages / Alex Wright.
ISBN
9781501768682
9781501768699
9781501768675
Publication
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2023.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2023
Copyright Notice Date
©2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource (282 pages).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
"Hardcover edition originally published as Glut: Mastering Information through the Ages 2007 by Joseph Henry Press"--ECIP title page verso.
Description based on print version record.
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Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2023.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 19, 2023
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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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