Glut : mastering information through the ages / Alex Wright.
"Spanning disciplines from evolutionary theory and cultural anthropology to the history of books, libraries, and computer science, Wright weaves a narrative that connects such seemingly far-flung topics as insect colonies, Stone Age jewelry, medieval monasteries, Renaissance encyclopedias, earl...
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Washington, D.C. :
Joseph Henry Press,
[2007]
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Table of Contents:
- 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. The Web that wasn't
- 12. 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. S.R. Ranganathan's colon classification
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index.