When Information Came of Age (Paperback)

Daniel R. Headrick

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Idioma: inglés

Editorial: Oxford University Press Inc, New York, 2002

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Paperback. 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 nineteenthcenturies 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 anddraws connections to leading technologies of today. It documents three breakthroughs in information systems that date to the period: the classification and nomenclature of Linnaeus, the chemical system devised by Lavoisier, and the metric system. It shows how eighteenth-century political arithmeticians and demographers pioneered statistics and graphs as a means for presenting data succinctly and visually. It describes the transformation of cartography from art to science as it incorporated newmethods for determining longitude at sea and new data on the measure the arc of the meridian on land. Finally, it looks at the early steps in codifying and transmitting information, including thedevelopment of dictionaries, the invention of semaphore telegraphs and naval flag signaling, and the conceptual changes in the use and purpose of postal services.When Information Came of Age shows that like the roots of democracy and industrialization, the foundations of the Information Age were built in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The key to understanding our Information Age is the systems that were developed in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to gather, store, transform, display, and communicate information. This book identifies and analyses the information systems of that era that led to the Information Revolution of our time. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Título
When Information Came of Age (Paperback)
Autor
Daniel R. Headrick
Editorial
Oxford University Press Inc, New York
Año de publicación
2002
Estado
new
Encuadernación
Paperback
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0195153731
ISBN 13
9780195153736

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