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

Name: When Information Came of Age Technologies of Knowledge in the Age of Reason and Revolution, 1700-1850
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ISBN: 9780195135978

ISBN-10: 0195135970

ISBN-13: 9780195135978

Edition: 2000

Authors: Daniel R. Headrick

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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. The book provides a concise and readable survey of the many conceptual developments between 1700 and 1850 and draws connections to leading technologies of today. It…

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List price: $210.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/28/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 246
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.09" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Daniel R. Headrick is professor emeritus of social science and history at Roosevelt University. His books include "The Tools of Empire" and "The Earth and Its Peoples".




Information and its History



Organizing Information: The Language of Science



Transforming Information: The Origin of Statistics



Displaying Information: Maps and Graphs



Storing Information: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias



Communicating Information: Postal and Telegraphic Systems



Information Ages, Past and Present