A fascinating account of the gradual triumph of one method of sorting data, from the Great Library of Alexandria to the present decline in our digital age.
A Place For Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order
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£16.99
Edition:Hardback978150988156706/02/2020
Categories: 02. Books for the New Year 2020: History, Books for the New Year 2020, History
Tags: Bibliographic and subject control, European history, Historical and comparative linguistics, History of ideas, Language: history and general works, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Social and cultural history, Writing systems, alphabets
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