{"product_id":"informatica-9781501768675","title":"Informatica","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInformatica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe updated edition of Alex Wright''s previously published Glutcontinues the journey through the history of the information age to show how information systems emerge\u003c\/b\u003e. Today''s information explosion may seem like a modern phenomenon, but we are not the first generationor even the first speciesto wrestle with the problem of information overload. Long before the advent of computers, human beings were collecting, storing, and organizing information: from Ice Age taxonomies to Sumerian archives, Greek libraries to Christian monasteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWright weaves a narrative that connects such seemingly far-flung topics as insect colonies, Stone Age jewelry, medieval monasteries, Renaissance encyclopedias, early computer networks, and the World Wide Web. He suggests that the future of the information age may lie deep in our cultural past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe stand at a precipice struggling to cope with a tsunami of data. Wright provides some much-needed historical perspect\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409370128727,"sku":"9781501768675","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501768675.jpg?v=1730506568","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/informatica-9781501768675","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}