Information A Historical Companion【電子書籍】

＜p＞＜strong＞A landmark history that traces the creation, management, and sharing of information through six centuries＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Thanks to modern technological advances, we now enjoy seemingly unlimited access to information. Yet how did information become so central to our everyday lives, and how did its processing and storage make our data-driven era possible? This volume is the first to consider these questions in comprehensive detail, tracing the global emergence of information practices, technologies, and more, from the premodern era to the present. With entries spanning archivists to algorithms and scribes to surveilling, this is the ultimate reference on how information has shaped and been shaped by societies.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Written by an international team of experts, the book's inspired and original long- and short-form contributions reconstruct the rise of human approaches to creating, managing, and sharing facts and knowledge. Thirteen full-length chapters discuss the role of in．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る