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Autore |
Headrick Daniel R |
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Titolo |
When information came of age [[electronic resource] ] : technologies of knowledge in the age of reason and revolution, 1700-1850 / / Daniel R. Headrick |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-756164-0 |
1-280-47345-2 |
0-19-803108-4 |
1-4337-0026-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Enlightenment |
Information resources - Europe - History - 18th century |
Information resources - Europe - History - 19th century |
Learning and scholarship - Europe - History - 18th century |
Learning and scholarship - Europe - History - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
Europe Intellectual life 18th century |
Europe Intellectual life 19th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2000. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1. Information and Its History; 2. Organizing Information: The Language of Science; 3. Transforming Information: The Origin of Statistics; 4. Displaying Information: Maps and Graphs; 5. Storing Information: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias; 6. Communicating Information: Postal and Telegraphic Systems; 7. Information Ages: Past and Present; Selected Bibliography; Credits; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Although the Information Age is often described as a new era, a cultural leap springing directly from the invention of modern computers, it is simply the latest step in a long cultural process. Its conceptual roots stretch back to the profound changes that occurred |
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