Scenes In A Library

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ISBN/ISSN

262011697

Deskripsi Fisik

511

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No. Panggil

770.9034 ARM Sce

The Evolution Of The Book

Distinguished scholar and library systems innovator Frederick Kilgour tells a five-thousand-year story in this exciting work, a tale beginning with the invention of writing and concluding with the emerging electronic book. Calling on a lifetime of interest in the growth of information technology, Kilgour brings a fresh approach to the history of the book, emphasizing in rich, authoritative deta…

Matabaca Vol. 2 No. 3 November 2003

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ISBN/ISSN

14127571

Deskripsi Fisik

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

M 020 Mat 2003.02.03

The Book on the Bookshelf

Most of us take for granted that our books are vertical on our shelves with the spines facing out, but Henry Petroski, inveterately curious engineer, didn't. As a result, readers are guided along the astonishing evolution from papyrus scrolls boxed at Alexandria to upright books shelved at the Library of Congress. Unimpeachably researched, enviably written, and charmed with anecdotes from Sene…