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You could look it up : the reference shelf from ancient Babylon to Wikipedia

text You could look it up : the reference shelf from ancient Babylon to Wikipedia

Summary
"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... Read more
Contents
Justice in the earth: laws of the ancient world -- Of making many books: information overload -- In the beginning was the word: the first dictionaries -- A fraction of the total: counting reference books -- The history of nature: science in antiqu... Read more
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Description
453 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Publisher
Bloomsbury 2016

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 909 LYN in Adult Non-fiction Available

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