The History of Information
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A journey through the evolution of knowledge, communication, and information. The debut non-fiction book by best-selling author Chris Haughton. History, as it is often taught, is a list of kings a...
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A journey through the evolution of knowledge, communication, and information. The debut non-fiction book by best-selling author Chris Haughton. History, as it is often taught, is a list of kings and queens and treaties and events. It presents the what and when, but it rarely asks why. Why is it that we had kings and queens at all?Why then all of a sudden did we abandon them and shift to democracies?Why did the world’s religions rise around the same time?Why is society dominated by men?The answers all come down to the same thing: information. The striving to share information, and – at the same time – the striving to undermine it, explains so much of today's world and connects so many seemingly unconnected things: the rise of religions, states, science, democracy, the west, militarism, racism, fascism, consumerism, big tech, polarisation, and AI. This history of information is closely connected to the history of visual communication – and as these two are largely the same – it makes sense to tell this story visually: a history of graphics told through graphics. The History of Information, through a mix of timelines, graphics, and illustrations, clearly breaks down and explains each concept for children and adults alike. The History of Information includes:A beautiful look at the story of information; from the first languages and cave paintings, through to how we communicate and record information today. Content written and illustrated by world famous and multi-award winning author and illustrator, Chris Haughton. A global journey throughout history from the origination of language, how information has been passed on and recorded, and how this affected humanity. Go on an illuminating journey through the evolution of knowledge and communication with the debut non-fiction book by best-selling author Chris Haughton.Discover how the ways we share and store information have shaped and changed the world in this utterly unique book. A fascinating read for both children and adults, it is suitable for children from age 8+. What is it that makes technology improve rather than stay static or even fall into decline? The answer is information.Celebrate your curiosity in this book of information, offering:- A beautiful look at the story of information; from the first languages and cave paintings through to how we communicate and record information today.- Content written by world famous and multi-award winning author and illustrator, Chris Haughton.- A global journey throughout history from the origination of language, how information has been passed on and recorded, how this has helped humans.This book tells the story of how we came to collect information, and what it means for us. The ability to record information in the form of writing and collecting data has caused an explosion of technological progress. It hasn''t always been like this. For a long time, human progress was very slow or static. At some points it felt like our progress even ran backwards!Nowadays, we are used to technology improving all the time. Next year we will have better phones, cars, and technology. If we are able to record knowledge we can collect and share it. We can continue adding to it and it grows and grows. Learn all about how this works in The History of Information, through a mix of timelines, graphics and illustrations that clearly break down and explain each concept for kids and adults alike.
Detaljer
Forlag
DK Children
ISBN
9780241553916
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
144
Udgivelsesdato
05-09-2024
Format
Hardback
Varenr.
3221580
EAN nr.
9780241553916
Højde/Dybde (mm)
20
Bredde (mm)
287
Længde (mm)
235
Vægt (g)
1006