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Birth of modern facts : how the information revolution transformed academic research, governments, and businesses / James W. Cortada.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cortada, James W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information technology.
- Knowledge economy.
- Knowledge, Theory of.
- Internet--Social aspects.
- Internet.
- Reality.
- information technology.
- epistemology.
- Information resources.
- Information services.
- Research.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (462 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2023]
- Summary:
- "This book tells the story of how information evolved since the mid-nineteenth century by looking at how the volume of facts increase and became organized into disciplines and professions, ranging from how libraries are organized to what scientists discover, economists and political scientists understand, and doctors practice"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781538173916
- 979-88-8181-011-5
- 1-5381-7391-3
- OCLC:
- 1363833770
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