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The man who wanted to classify the world / by Françoise Levie, Sofidoc Productions.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Levie, Françoise.
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Otlet, Paul, 1868-1944.
- Otlet, Paul.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (61 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2004.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- In 1934, a Belgian visionary named Paul Otlet conceived of a library with no physical books whose contents could be viewed on a screen. His obsession was to classify, encode and unify books and documents published all over the world. Over the years, he and his staff would fill in 12 million index cards. His classification system is regarded today as similar to hypertext, which enables us to navigate the internet. A pacifist and an internationalist, Otlet was one of the driving forcesbehind the League of Nations. He persuaded the architect Le Corbusier to design a World City dedicated to Peace, Knowledge and Fraternity. This beautiful film interweaves a vast fund of recently discovered documents from his archive with autobiographical material to create a fascinating piece of intellectual history.
- Notes:
- Originally released as DVD.
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
- OCLC:
- 747797405
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