TY - BOOK AU - Headrick,Daniel R. TI - When information came of age: technologies of knowledge in the age of reason and revolution, 1700-1850 SN - 9780198031086 AV - CB203 .H39 2000eb U1 - 306.4/2 22 PY - 2000/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Learning and scholarship KW - Europe KW - History KW - 18th century KW - 19th century KW - Information resources KW - Enlightenment KW - Savoir et érudition KW - Histoire KW - 18e siècle KW - 19e siècle KW - Sources d'information KW - Siècle des Lumières KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Anthropology KW - Cultural KW - bisacsh KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public Policy KW - Cultural Policy KW - Popular Culture KW - fast KW - Intellectual life KW - Speichermedien KW - gnd KW - Informationstechnik KW - Informatiewetenschap KW - gtt KW - ram KW - Systèmes d'information KW - Mouvement des Lumières KW - Éducation KW - Europe de l'Ouest KW - Vie intellectuelle KW - Transports et communications KW - Électrification KW - Electronic book KW - Electronic books KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-222) and index; Information and its history -- Organizing information, the language of science -- Transforming information, the origins of statistics -- Displaying information, maps and graphs -- Storing information, dictionaries and encyclopedias -- Communicating information, postal and telegraphic systems -- Information ages, past and present N2 - "Although the Information Age is often described as a new era, a cultural leap springing directly from the invention of modern computers, it is simply the latest step in a long cultural process. Its conceptual roots stretch back to the profound changes that occurred during the Age of Reason and Revolution. When Information Came of Age argues that the key to the present era lies in understanding the systems developed in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to gather, store, transform, display, and communicate information." "The book provides a concise and readable survey of the many conceptual developments between 1700 and 1850 and draws connections to leading technologies of today. It documents three breakthroughs in information systems that date to the period: the classification and nomenclature of Linneaus, the chemical system devised by Lavoisier, and the metric system. It shows how eighteenth-century political arithmeticians and demographers pioneered statistics and graphs as a means for presenting data succinctly and visually. It describes the transformation of cartography from art to science as it incorporated new methods for determining longitude at sea and new data on the measure of the arc of the meridian on land. Finally, it looks at the early steps in codifying and transmitting information, including the development of dictionaries, the invention of semaphore telegraphs and naval flag signaling, and the conceptual changes in the use and purpose of postal services." "When Information Came of Age shows that, like the roots of democracy and industrialization, the foundations of the Information Age were built in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries."--Jacket UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=121435 ER -