Glut
Subtitle: mastering information through the ages
By: by Alex Wright.
Publisher: Joseph Henry Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780309102384
Subjects: Information organization -- History; Information storage and retrieval systems -- History; Information society -- History
Description: OCLC 85692734 
LC Class Z666.5
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Networks and hierarchies; title: Family trees and the tree of life; title: The ice age information explosion; title: The age of alphabets; title: Illuminating the dark age; title: A steam engine of the mind; title: The astral power station; title: The encyclopedic revolution; title: The moose that roared; title: The industrial library; title: The Web that wasn't; title: Memories of the future