03517nam 2200517z- 450 991068842020332120231214133035.0(CKB)5400000000040307(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/33882(EXLCZ)99540000000004030720202102d2020 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierB C, Before ComputersOn Information Technology from Writing to the Age of Digital DataOpen Book Publishers20201 electronic resource (170 p.)1-80064-106-0 "The idea that the digital age has revolutionized our day-to-day experience of the world is nothing new, and has been amply recognized by cultural historians. In contrast, Stephen Robertson’s BC: Before Computers is a work which questions the idea that the mid-twentieth century saw a single moment of rupture. It is about all the things that we had to learn, invent, and understand – all the ways we had to evolve our thinking – before we could enter the information technology revolution of the second half of the twentieth century. Its focus ranges from the beginnings of data processing, right back to such originary forms of human technology as the development of writing systems, gathering a whole history of revolutionary moments in the development of information technologies into a single, although not linear narrative. Treading the line between philosophy and technical history, Robertson draws on his extensive technical knowledge to produce a text which is both thought-provoking and accessible to a wide range of readers. The book is wide in scope, exploring the development of technologies in such diverse areas as cryptography, visual art and music, and the postal system. Through all this, it does not simply aim to tell the story of computer developments but to show that those developments rely on a long history of humans creating technologies for increasingly sophisticated methods of manipulating information. Through a clear structure and engaging style, it brings together a wealth of informative and conceptual explorations into the history of human technologies, and avoids assumptions about any prior knowledge on the part of the reader. As such, it has the potential to be of interest to the expert and the general reader alike."B C, Before Computers Computing & information technologybicsscInformation theorybicsscEducational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (CAL)bicsscBiography & True StoriesbicsscInformation technology: general issuesbicsschistory of computer developmentsdigital agecomputerinformation technology revolutiondata processingcryptographyvisual artmusicpostal systemComputing & information technologyInformation theoryEducational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (CAL)Biography & True StoriesInformation technology: general issuesRobertson Stephenauth994149BOOK9910688420203321B C, before computers2276834UNINA04229nam 2200997 450 991080924150332120200520144314.00-520-29619-20-520-95658-310.1525/9780520956582(CKB)2550000001125894(EBL)1433264(OCoLC)863032688(SSID)ssj0001055341(PQKBManifestationID)11642346(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001055341(PQKBWorkID)11012102(PQKB)10400103(StDuBDS)EDZ0000229741(DE-B1597)520752(OCoLC)1105919020(DE-B1597)9780520956582(Au-PeEL)EBL1433264(CaPaEBR)ebr10773726(CaONFJC)MIL526535(MiAaPQ)EBC1433264(EXLCZ)99255000000112589420130515d2014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCrisis of empire doctrine and dissent at the end of late antiquity /Phil BoothBerkeley, California :University of California Press,2014.1 online resource (413 p.)Transformation of the classical heritage ;LIIDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-28042-3 1-299-95284-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Toward the Sacramental Saint -- 2. Sophronius and the Miracles -- 3. Moschus and the Meadow -- 4. Maximus and the Mystagogy -- 5. The Making of the Monenergist Crisis -- 6. Jerusalem and Rome at the Dawn of the Caliphate -- 7. Rebellion and Retribution -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index"This book focuses on the attempts of three ascetics-John Moschus, Sophronius of Jerusalem, and Maximus Confessor-to determine the Church's power and place during a period of profound crisis, as the eastern Roman empire suffered serious reversals in the face of Persian and then Islamic expansion. By asserting visions which reconciled long-standing intellectual tensions between asceticism and Church, these authors established the framework for their subsequent emergence as Constantinople's most vociferous religious critics, their alliance with the Roman popes, and their radical rejection of imperial interference in matters of the faith. Situated within the broader religious currents of the fourth to seventh centuries, this book throws new light on the nature not only of the holy man in late antiquity, but also of the Byzantine Orthodoxy that would emerge in the Middle Ages, and which is still central to the churches of Greece and Eastern Europe"--Provided by publisher.Transformation of the classical heritage ;52.Church history7th centuryalexandria.anastasius.ancient history.ancient rome.ascetic.bible.byzantine orthodoxy.christian history.christianity.church fathers.church history.church power.constantinople.eastern roman empire.engaging.historical.holy men.imperial interference.intellectual tensions.john moschus.late antiquity.matters of faith.maximus confessor.power of god.religion.religious critics.roman empire.roman popes.sophronius of jerusalem.visions.Church history270.2HIS002000REL070000bisacshBooth Phil1981-931680MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809241503321Crisis of empire4081639UNINA