Informatica : : Mastering Information through the Ages / / Alex Wright.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Edition: | second edition |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (276 p.) :; 30 b&w halftones, 4 other |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to Informatica -- Introduction -- 1. Networks and Hierarchies -- 2. Family Trees and the Tree of Life -- 3. The Ice Age Information Explosion -- 4. The Age of Alphabets -- 5. Illuminating the Dark Age -- 6. A Steam Engine of the Mind -- 7. The Astral Power Station -- 8. The Encyclopedic Revolution -- 9. The Moose That Roared -- 10. The Industrial Library -- 11. Information as “Science” -- 12. The Web That Wasn’t -- 13. Memories of the Future -- Appendixes -- A. John Wilkins’s Universal Categories -- B. Thomas Jefferson’s 1783 Catalog of Books -- C. The Dewey Decimal System -- D. The Universal Decimal Classification -- E. Ranganathan’s Colon Classification -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781501768682 9783110751833 9783111319292 9783111318912 9783111319124 9783111318165 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781501768682 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Alex Wright. |