The dream of capturing and organizing knowledge is as old as history. From the archives of ancient Sumeria and the Library of Alexandria to the Library of Congress and Wikipedia, humanity has wrestled with the problem of harnessing its intellectual output. The timeless quest for wisdom has been as much about information storage and retrieval as creative genius.
Table of contents
Machine generated contents note:
Introduction
TheLibraries of Babel
The Dream of the Labyrinth
Belle Epoque
The Microphotic Book
The IndexMuseum
Castles in the Air
Hope, Lost and Found
Mundaneum
The Collective Brain
TheRadiated Library
The Intergalactic Network
Entering the Stream
Conclusion.
