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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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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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| 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 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2000. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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: | 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 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | When information came of age |
| ISBN: | 0-19-756164-0 |
| 1-280-47345-2 | |
| 0-19-803108-4 | |
| 1-4337-0026-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910455465503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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