Author: Sir Richard PHILLIPS
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Languages : en
Pages : 452
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A Million of Facts connected with the studies, pursuits and interests of mankind, serving as a Common-Place Book ... on all subjects of research and curiosity, etc
Author: Sir Richard PHILLIPS
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Languages : en
Pages : 452
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Pages : 452
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You Could Look It Up
Author: Jack Lynch
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802777945
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
"Knowledge is of two kinds," said Samuel Johnson in 1775. "We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." Today we think of Wikipedia as the source of all information, the ultimate reference. Yet it is just the latest in a long line of aggregated knowledge--reference works that have shaped the way we've seen the world for centuries. You Could Look It Up chronicles the captivating stories behind these great works and their contents, and the way they have influenced each other. From The Code of Hammurabi, the earliest known compendium of laws in ancient Babylon almost two millennia before Christ to Pliny's Natural History; from the 11th-century Domesday Book recording land holdings in England to Abraham Ortelius's first atlas of the world; from Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language to The Whole Earth Catalog to Google, Jack Lynch illuminates the human stories and accomplishment behind each, as well as its enduring impact on civilization. In the process, he offers new insight into the value of knowledge.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802777945
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
"Knowledge is of two kinds," said Samuel Johnson in 1775. "We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." Today we think of Wikipedia as the source of all information, the ultimate reference. Yet it is just the latest in a long line of aggregated knowledge--reference works that have shaped the way we've seen the world for centuries. You Could Look It Up chronicles the captivating stories behind these great works and their contents, and the way they have influenced each other. From The Code of Hammurabi, the earliest known compendium of laws in ancient Babylon almost two millennia before Christ to Pliny's Natural History; from the 11th-century Domesday Book recording land holdings in England to Abraham Ortelius's first atlas of the world; from Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language to The Whole Earth Catalog to Google, Jack Lynch illuminates the human stories and accomplishment behind each, as well as its enduring impact on civilization. In the process, he offers new insight into the value of knowledge.
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
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Pages : 596
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Pages : 596
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Booksellers' Advertiser
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Languages : en
Pages : 66
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Pages : 66
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The bookseller's advertiser, and monthly register of new publications
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Pages : 104
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Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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General catalogue of printed books
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed books
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Languages : en
Pages : 472
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Pages : 472
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