An edition of B C, Before Computers (2020)

B C, Before Computers

On Information Technology from Writing to the Age of Digital Data

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June 25, 2024 | History
An edition of B C, Before Computers (2020)

B C, Before Computers

On Information Technology from Writing to the Age of Digital Data

The idea that the digital age has revolutionized our day-to-day experience of the world is nothing new, and has been amply recognized by cultural historians. In contrast, Stephen Robertson's BC: Before Computers is a work which questions the idea that the mid-twentieth century saw a single moment of rupture. It is about all the things that we had to learn, invent, and understand - all the ways we had to evolve our thinking - before we could enter the information technology revolution of the second half of the twentieth century. Its focus ranges from the beginnings of data processing, right bac.

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English
Pages
156

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Table of Contents

Intro
Contents
Acknowledgements
Prologue
1 In the beginning ...
2 Sending messages: the post
3 Sending messages: electricity
4 Spreading the word
5 More about the alphabet
6 Organising information
7 Picture and sound
8 On physics and physiology
9 On perspective-and music
10 Calculation
11 Data processing
12 Ciphers
Epilogue
Bibliography
List of illustrations
Index of topics
Index of names
Blank Page

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-146) and indexes.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Open Book Publishers website; viewed on 2020-10-28).

Published in
Cambridge, UK

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
004.09
Library of Congress
T58.5

The Physical Object

Pagination
1 online resource (156 pages)
Number of pages
156

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL52247625M
Internet Archive
39aafd68-dc83-4951-badf-d1f146a38fd4
ISBN 10
1800640315, 1800641044, 1800641052, 1800641060, 1800640307
ISBN 13
9781800641044, 9781800641051, 9781800641068, 9781800640313, 9781800640306
LCCN
2019394524
OCLC/WorldCat
1202297871

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