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You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf From Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia

Autor Jack Lynch
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 20 apr 2016
"Knowledge is of two kinds," said Samuel Johnson in 1775. "We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." 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 Upchronicles the captivating stories behind these great works and their contents, and the way they have influenced each other. FromThe Code of Hammurabi, the earliest known compendium of laws in ancient Babylon almost two millennia before Christ to Pliny'sNatural History; from the 11th-century Domesday Book recording land holdings in England to Abraham Ortelius's first atlas of the world; from Samuel Johnson'sA Dictionary of the English LanguagetoThe Whole Earth Catalogto Google, Jack Lynch illuminates the human stories and accomplishment behind each, as well as its enduring impact on civilization. In the process, he offers new insight into the value of knowledge.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780802777522
ISBN-10: 080277752X
Pagini: 464
Ilustrații: 1 x 16 page color insert
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 41 mm
Greutate: 0.84 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Broad audience: reference books in one form or another touch our lives daily. Jack Lynch's fascinating chronicle will appeal to readers of all ages interested in history, culture, science, law, literature, and medicine.

Notă biografică

Jack Lynchis a professor of English at Rutgers University. He specializes in English literature of the eighteenth century and the history of the English language. He is the author of several books includingThe Lexicographer's Dilemma:The Evolution of 'Proper' English, from Shakespeare to South ParkandSamuelJohnson's Insults: A Compendium of Snubs, Sneers, Slights, and Effronteries from the Eighteenth-Century Master. He lives in New Jersey.

Recenzii

Lively and erudite . . . Lynch offers a reference book of reference books, a magical volume of infinite regress . . .You Could Look It Upcan serve as a reminder of our enduring and impudent desire to keep the chaotic universe in some kind of neat and serviceable order.
[A] wholly absorbing chronicle of the reference book.
A casual but fascinating read that feels like sneaking into a library after hours, it offers an absorbing glimpse into the world-changing and frequently turbulent history of the reference shelf.
As readers make their ways through this book, they are certain to discover a wide variety of must-haves . . . Great stuff for anyone who loves knowledge, deep or trivial.
Anyone who enjoys reference books will embrace this erudite compilation and Lynch's appreciative, fluent commentary.
No harmless drudge he, [Lynch] takes a broad view of his subject and includes lively pages on several dozen radically different works . . . The serendipity of its contents is part of the book's fun [along with] its high anecdotal and amusement quotient.
Especially fun for librarians,You Could Look It Upwill entertain and enlighten many scholarly inclined readers and anyone who loves traditional reference works.
Fascinating . . .You Could Look It Upis a history not simply of reference books as a genre but of the broader question of how we organize information and why.
You Could Look It Upis an entertaining, enlightening look into the vast, complex world of reference books and their tireless compilers across the ages, extending far beyond the familiar works of Samuel Johnson, Peter Roget, and Noah Webster.
A stunning tour de force, Lynch's new book is compulsively readable. No one has ever packed so much fascinating information about reference books into one volume. Polymaths of the world, delight!
highly readable . . . exuberant