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The history of information

Haughton, Chris (author,, illustrator.). Park, Loonie, (author, researcher.). Duguid, Paul, 1954- (attributed name.). Nunberg, Geoffrey, 1945-2020 (attributed name.).

Summary: 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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  • ISBN: 0744091918 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9780744091915 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
    print
  • Edition: First American edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2024.

Content descriptions

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."
Includes index.
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.
Target Audience Note:
09 to 12.

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