Cataloging the World: Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age

Author/Contributor(s):	Wright, Alex
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	06/04/2014
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

In 1934, Paul Otlet, a Belgian entrepreneur, designed a proto-Internet which he called a réseau mondial-- literally, "worldwide web." Today, Otlet and his vision have been all but forgotten, thanks to a series of historical misfortunes -- not least of which involved the Nazis marching into Brussels and destroying most of his life's work -- but Alex Wright brings Otlet's extraordinary story back into the light in this fascinating look at the dream of universal knowledge.