We hope that everyone had a good time today at the recently restored Bancroft Library. We thought that we were only giving you a tangible exposure to a couple of almost-two-hundred-year-old printing presses. We were delighted that Anthony Bliss was willing to spend so much time giving us a brief show and tell (and touch)View Full Page…
Off to a great start and looking ahead July 10, 2009
We’re off to a quick start, having heard back-to-back lectures on claims of inventions and technologies that have changed the face culture. On Wednesday, we talked about writing and the alphabet and examined whether or not history can be thought of as pre-alphabetic and post-alphabetic as some claimed. Today, we talked about Gutenberg and printingView Full Page…
Recapping a few important details… July 6, 2009
It was great to see a packed room today and to meet so many new people. We apologize for the heat and the metal folding chairs. We’ll try to do something about the latter, but there’s not much we can do about the former. For Wednesday… Go to the Class Schedule and Readings page andView Full Page…
Welcome to the History of Information May 14, 2009
Welcome to the course website for the History of Information, Summer 2009 version!