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Reinventing knowledge : from Alexandria to the Internet

By Lisa , McNeely , Ian F; Wolverton

Book information

Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Year
2008
ISBN
978-0-393-07033-0, 0393070336
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
332 kB (340056 bytes)
Edition
First edition
Pages
318\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
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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. Abstract: "It has the power to wrench familiar aspects of history into new and surprising shapes."-Laura Miller, Salon Read more...

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