Informatica: Mastering Information through the Ages. Wright 9781501768675 New**
Cornell University Press
Informatica\u2014the updated edition of Alex Wright's previously published Glut\u2014continues the journey through the history of the information age to show how information systems emerge. Today's \""information explosion\"" may seem like a modern phenomenon, but we are not the first generation\u2014or even the first species\u2014to wrestle with the problem of information overload. Long before the advent of computers, human beings were collecting, storing, and organizing information: from Ice Age taxonomies to Sumerian archives, Greek libraries to Christian monasteries.\nWright weaves a narrative that connects such seemingly far-flung topics as insect colonies, Stone Age jewelry, medieval monasteries, Renaissance encyclopedias, early computer networks, and the World Wide Web. He suggests that the future of the\n\nInformatica\nMastering Information Through the Ages\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked service;
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