| International Standard Book Number |
9780744091915 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0744091918 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Haughton, Chris, author, illustrator.
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| Title Statement |
The history of information / written and illustrated by Chris Haughton ; additional text and research by Loonie Park.
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| Edition Statement |
First American edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2024.
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| Physical Description |
143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm.
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| General Note |
"This book is inspired by the 'History of Information' course created at the University of California, Berkeley by Paul Duguid and Geoff Nunberg."
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| General Note |
Contains a fold-out timeline poster of world civilizations inside back cover.
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| General Note |
Includes index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Introduction -- Language. Language and the brain ; When did language begin? ; Ceremonies ; The art of remembering -- Drawing. First marks ; First drawings ; The first city ; First writing systems ; Drawings become sounds -- Writing. Early writing ; Holy texts ; Ancient China ; The Islamic Empire ; Medieval Europe ; The Americas -- Printing. The invention of printing ; The late 1400s in Europe ; The Reformation ; The rise of literacy in Europe ; The Renaissance -- Science. The Scientific Revolution ; Data ; Classifying knowledge ; Science: a collaboration over centuries -- News and newspapers. The news ; The rise of the public sphere ; The Age of Revolution ; Mass media ; The modern press ; Photography ; Intellectual property -- Networks. Mail ; The telegraph ; The telephone -- Broadcasts. The beginning of radio ; The radio age ; Television ; Through the looking glass -- Disinformation. Propaganda ; The Great War ; Nazism ; Advertising ; Public relations ; Modern propaganda -- Computers. How does a computer work? ; Theoretical computing ; Military computing ; Business computing ; Personal computing ; The Internet ; Mobile ; Going viral ; Big data ; Big Tech -- Out of control -- Social change -- Artificial Intelligence -- The mind.
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| Summary, Etc. |
A journey through the evolution of knowledge, communication, and information. Exploring the story of information throughout human history, this highly visual book shows how our ability to record information in the form of writing and collecting data has caused an explosion of technological progress.
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| Target Audience Note |
Ages 9 to 12.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Information science History Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Information literacy Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Information technology History Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Communication Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Mass media Juvenile literature.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Illustrated works.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Park, Loonie, author, researcher.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Duguid, Paul, 1954- attributed name.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Nunberg, Geoffrey, 1945-2020, attributed name.
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