When information came of age : technologies of knowledge in the age of reason and revolution, 1700-1850 / / Daniel R. Headrick

• Autore: Headrick Daniel R
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 306.4/2
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Europe Intellectual life 18th century; Europe Intellectual life 19th century
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 1. Information and its History2. Organizing Information: The Language of Science3. Transforming Information: The Origin of Statistics4. Displaying Information: Maps and Graphs5. Storing Information: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias6. Communicating Information: Postal and Telegraphic Systems7. Information Ages, Past and Present.
• Titolo autorizzato: When information came of age
• ISBN: 9780198031086; 0198031084
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821866703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II