When Information Came of Age: Technologies of Knowledge in the Age of Reason and Revolution, 1700–1850

Abstract

1. Information and its History 2. Organizing Information: The Language of Science 3. Transforming Information: The Origin of Statistics 4. Displaying Information: Maps and Graphs 5. Storing Information: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias 6. Communicating Information: Postal and Telegraphic Systems 7. Information Ages, Past and Present Selected Bibliography Index