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The history of information
Haughton, Chris2024
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This book tells the story of how we came to collect information, and what it means for us. The ability to record information in the form of writing and collecting data has caused an explosion of technological progress. It hasn't always been like this. For a long time, human progress was very slow or static. At some points it felt like our progress even ran backwards! Nowadays, we are used to technology improving all the time. Next year we will have better phones, cars, and technology. If we are able to record knowledge we can collect and share it. We can continue adding to it and it grows and grows.
Main title:
The history of information / written and illustrated by Chris Haughton ; additional text and research by Loonie Park.
Author:
Haughton, ChrisPark, Loonie, author
Imprint:
London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2024.
Collation:
143 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour map ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Includes index."This book is inspired by the the 'History of Information' course created at the University of California, Berkeley by Paul Duguid and Geoff Nunberg."Fold-out timeline poster of world civilisations has been removed.
Audience:
Interest grade level: Upper primary.
Contents:
IntroductionLanguageDrawingWritingPrintingScienceNews and newspapersNetworksBroadcastDisinformationComputers.
ISBN:
9780241553916 (hardback)
Dewey class:
020.9
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
510325
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 020.9 HIS | AvailableRecently returned |