Isbn: 9780243153848 - a rational classification of literature for shelving and cataloguing books in a library: with alphabetical index (classic reprint) (3 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book catalogs and classifies knowledge with a particular focus on the history of the many and varied ways knowledge has been understood and organized over time. The author provides a comprehensive survey of the subject across civilizations and disciplines, including the development of systems by the Babylonians, Greeks, Romans, and Chinese. It examines the birth of encyclopedias, the philosophy and systems of Aristotle, and categorization efforts by early Christians and later Francis Bacon and the Enlightenment. The book concludes by considering modern knowledge organization schemas like the Dewey Decimal System and Library of Congress Classification and their relevance in the digital age. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…