You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf From Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia
Autor Jack Lynchen Limba Engleză Hardback – 20 apr 2016
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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
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
[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