Umfang:
xiii, 268 Seiten
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781501768675
Originaltitel:
Glut
Inhalt:
"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"--
Anmerkung:
"Hardcover edition originally published as Glut: Mastering Information through the Ages 2007 by Joseph Henry Press"--ECIP title page verso
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781501768682
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781501768699
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Revision of Wright, Alex, 1966- Glut Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, ©2007 ISBN 9780309102384
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Wright, Alex, 1966- Informatica Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2023 ISBN 9781501768682
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Informatik
Schlagwort(e):
Informationsspeicherung
;
Information Retrieval
;
Geschichte
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