When Information Came of Age: Technologies of Knowledge in the Age of Reason and Revolution, 1700-1850

ISBN
0-19-513597-0
Contained in
By

Daniel R. Headrick

"This book is an essay on the development of efficient information systems before the great push to mechanize information in the nineteenth century. Some of the systems discussed here -- maps, dictionaries, botanical no- menclatures -- had their origin in the distant past but were rationalized and improved in the period studied here. Others, such as statistics, graphs, and the telegraph, were truly new..."
Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

Editors Information
Published on
05.11.2011
Contributor
Thomas Meyer
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