Reinventing knowledge: from Alexandria to the Internet

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McNeely presents a compact history of Western culture via the institutions that have shaped knowledge from the classical period to the present.

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Full title :Reinventing knowledge : from Alexandria to the Internet / Ian F. McNeely ; with Lisa Wolverton.

Summary

McNeely presents a compact history of Western culture via the institutions that have shaped knowledge from the classical period to the present.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2008
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):W.W. Norton
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2008

The Physical Object

Description:xxii, 318 pages ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780393065060, 0393065065, 9780393337716, 0393337715
oclc:ocn181139380
LC Classification:CB358
Dewey Decimal:909

The library -- The monastery -- The university -- The republic of letters -- The disciplines -- The laboratory.

Subjects

Civilisation occidentale -- Histoire Civilization, Modern Civilization, Modern -- History Civilization, Western Civilization, Western -- History Geistesleben Geschichte History Intellectual life Intellectual life -- History Learning and scholarship Learning and scholarship -- History Savoir et érudition -- Histoire Westliche Welt Wissenschaft