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Glut [electronic resource] : mastering information through the ages / Alex Wright.

By: Wright, Alex, 1966-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, c2007Description: viii, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Information organization -- History | Information storage and retrieval systems -- History | Information society -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 020.9 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Networks and hierarchies -- Family trees and the tree of life -- The ice age information explosion -- The age of alphabets -- Illuminating the dark age -- A steam engine of the mind -- The astral power station -- The encyclopedic revolution -- The moose that roared -- The industrial library -- The Web that wasn't -- Memories of the future.
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020.9 (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-269) and index.

Networks and hierarchies -- Family trees and the tree of life -- The ice age information explosion -- The age of alphabets -- Illuminating the dark age -- A steam engine of the mind -- The astral power station -- The encyclopedic revolution -- The moose that roared -- The industrial library -- The Web that wasn't -- Memories of the future.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.