Alex Wright

Cataloging the World

Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age

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Produktbeschreibung

In 1934, Paul Otlet, a Belgian entrepreneur, designed a proto-Internet which he called a rà  seau mondial-- literally, "worldwide web." Today, Otlet and his vision have been all but forgotten, thanks to a series of historical misfortunes, but Alex Wright brings Otlet's extraordinary story back into the light in this fascinating look at the dream of universal knowledge.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 151mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780199931415
• ISBN-10: 0199931410
• Artikelnr.: 40303722

Autorenporträt

Alex Wright is Director of User Experience and Product Research at The New York Times and the author of Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The Libraries of Babel
2. The Dream of the Labyrinth
3. Belle Epoque
4. The Microphotic Book
5. The Index Museum
6. Castles in the Air
7. Hope, Lost and Found
8. Mundaneum
9. The Collective Brain
10. The Radiated Library
11. The Intergalactic Network
12. Entering the Steam
Conclusion