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9780309102384

Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages

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  • ISBN13:

    9780309102384

  • ISBN10:

    0309102383

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-06-01
  • Publisher: Natl Academy Pr

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Summary

Richly illustrated and exhaustively researched, "Glut" takes readers on an intriguing cross-disciplinary journey through the deep history of human knowledge systems and examines the problem of information overload.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
Networks and Hierarchiesp. 5
Family Trees and the Tree of Lifep. 22
The Ice Age Information Explosionp. 39
The Age of Alphabetsp. 48
Illuminating the Dark Agep. 78
A Steam Engine of the Mindp. 99
The Astral Power Stationp. 122
The Encyclopedic Revolutionp. 143
The Moose That Roaredp. 152
The Industrial Libraryp. 165
The Web That Wasn'tp. 183
Memories of the Futurep. 230
Appendixes
John Wilkins's Universal Categoriesp. 239
Thomas Jefferson's 1783 Catalog of Booksp. 242
The Dewey Decimal Systemp. 245
S. R. Ranganathan's Colon Classificationp. 247
Acknowledgmentsp. 251
Notesp. 253
Indexp. 271
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