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Routledge - The Renaissance Computer: Knowledge Technology

Name: Routledge - The Renaissance Computer: Knowledge Technology
Brand: Routledge
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Explore the origins of the information revolution with The Renaissance Computer: Knowledge Technology in the First Age of Print. Published by Routledge, this book examines how the fifteenth-century printing press acted as a transformative new technology. As the first era of printed books emerged, Renaissance scholars developed groundbreaking ways to organize and share knowledge across Europe. By the year 1500, an estimated 20 million books were already in circulation. This work investigates how such a rapid explosion of ideas influenced the development of new academic disciplines. Readers will gain insight into the early methods of information storage and retrieval that defined the birth of print culture. This text provides a deep look at how the transition from manuscript to print changed the way humanity manages data and expands intellectual boundaries.

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Examines the impact of the printing press as a transformative new technology during the fifteenth century.

Analyzes the first information revolution and its role in the evolution of Renaissance scholarship.

Provides historical context on the rapid expansion of book circulation in Europe by the year 1500.

Investigates how the explosion of printed ideas helped shape the development of new academic disciplines.

Details the early methods of information storage and retrieval used at the beginning of print culture.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0415220637
Category: Books > Subjects > Business, Finance & Law > Biographies & Histories > Business & Economic History
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 24 August 2000
Listed Since: 29 December 2006

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