The Story of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1768-1943
Author : Paul Kruse
Publisher :
Page : 938 pages
File Size : 30,90 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Author : Paul Kruse
Publisher :
Page : 938 pages
File Size : 30,90 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Author : Frank A. Kafker
Publisher :
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 15,92 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
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The Encyclopaedia britannica is a familiar cultural icon, but what do we know about the early editions that helped shape it into the longest continuously published encyclopedia still in existence? This first examination of the three eighteenth-century editions traces the Britannica's extraordinary development into a best seller and an exceptional book of knowledge, especially in biography and in the natural sciences. The combined expertise of the contributors to this volume allows an extensive exploration of each edition, covering its publication history and evolving editorial practices, its commentary on subjects that came in and out of fashion and its contemporary reception. The contributors also examine the cultural and intellectual milieu in which the Britannica flourished, discussing its role in the Scottish Enlightenment and comparing its pressrun, contents, reputation, and influence with those of the much more reform-minded Encyclopédie.
Author : Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Publisher :
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 21,62 MB
Release : 1922
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Author : Amanda Askew
Publisher : Miles Kelly Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 10,43 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : 9781842367766
Author : Jeff Loveland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 17,80 MB
Release : 2019-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1108481094
Organized thematically, this book tells the story of the European encyclopedia from 1650 to the present.
Author : Robert D. Arner
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 28,54 MB
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1512800090
This is the first study of the life and career of Thomas Dobson, arguably the most prominent American printer, publisher, and bookseller between the years 1785 and 1822, whose accomplishments included publication of the first American edition of the Hebrew Bible, and the first American edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Author : United States. Office of Education
Publisher :
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 12,88 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Education
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Author : By Voltaire
Publisher : BookRix
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 26,44 MB
Release : 2019-06-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3736801785
Candide is a French satire by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply Optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds". Candide is characterized by its sarcastic tone, as well as by its erratic, fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil, so too does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers through allegory; most conspicuously, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism. As expected by Voltaire, Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication, the book was widely banned because it contained religious blasphemy, political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. However, with its sharp wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition, the novel has since inspired many later authors and artists to mimic and adapt it. Today, Candide is recognized as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon; it is arguably taught more than any other work of French literature. It was listed as one of The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written.
Author : Daniel R. Headrick
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 27,75 MB
Release : 2000-12-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0199881235
Although the Information Age is often described as a new era, a cultural leap springing directly from the invention of modern computers, it is simply the latest step in a long cultural process. Its conceptual roots stretch back to the profound changes that occurred during the Age of Reason and Revolution. When Information Came of Age argues that the key to the present era lies in understanding the systems developed in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to gather, store, transform, display, and communicate information. The book provides a concise and readable survey of the many conceptual developments between 1700 and 1850 and draws connections to leading technologies of today. It documents three breakthroughs in information systems that date to the period: the classification and nomenclature of Linnaeus, the chemical system devised by Lavoisier, and the metric system. It shows how eighteenth-century political arithmeticians and demographers pioneered statistics and graphs as a means for presenting data succinctly and visually. It describes the transformation of cartography from art to science as it incorporated new methods for determining longitude at sea and new data on the measure the arc of the meridian on land. Finally, it looks at the early steps in codifying and transmitting information, including the development of dictionaries, the invention of semaphore telegraphs and naval flag signaling, and the conceptual changes in the use and purpose of postal services. When Information Came of Age shows that like the roots of democracy and industrialization, the foundations of the Information Age were built in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century.
Author : Nathan Marshall Cohen
Publisher :
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 26,92 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Dissertations, Academic
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