03363nam 2200721Ia 450 991045546550332120200520144314.00-19-756164-01-280-47345-20-19-803108-41-4337-0026-3(CKB)111087026783784(EBL)279759(OCoLC)191036844(SSID)ssj0000271004(PQKBManifestationID)11954670(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000271004(PQKBWorkID)10281276(PQKB)10711286(MiAaPQ)EBC279759(StDuBDS)EDZ0002351117(Au-PeEL)EBL279759(CaPaEBR)ebr10269070(CaONFJC)MIL47345(EXLCZ)9911108702678378419991001d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhen information came of age[electronic resource] technologies of knowledge in the age of reason and revolution, 1700-1850 /Daniel R. HeadrickOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20001 online resource (257 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2000.0-19-513597-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; ZAlthough 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 during the Age of Reason and Revolution. 'When Information Came of Age' argues that the key to the present era lies in understanding the systems developed in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to gather, store, transform, display and communicate information.Oxford scholarship online.EnlightenmentInformation resourcesEuropeHistory18th centuryInformation resourcesEuropeHistory19th centuryLearning and scholarshipEuropeHistory18th centuryLearning and scholarshipEuropeHistory19th centuryEuropeIntellectual life18th centuryEuropeIntellectual life19th centuryElectronic books.Enlightenment.Information resourcesHistoryInformation resourcesHistoryLearning and scholarshipHistoryLearning and scholarshipHistory306.4/2Headrick Daniel R133701MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455465503321When information came of age1938142UNINA