When information came of age : technologies of knowledge in the age of reason and revolution, 1700-1850 / / Daniel R. Headrick
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| Autore: |
Headrick Daniel R
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| Titolo: |
When information came of age : 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 |
| 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 | |
| 9781280473456 | |
| 1280473452 | |
| 9781433700262 | |
| 1433700263 | |
| 9780197561645 | |
| 0197561640 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910959250203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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