The Power of Knowledge by Jeremy Black
A thought-provoking analysis of how the acquisition and utilization of information has determined the course of history over the past five centuries and shaped the world as we know it today
“He is the most industrious historian of all timeThe Power of Knowledge is his 108th book. It is apposite that he should quote Sherlock Holmes on his brother Mycroft: 'All other men are specialists, but his specialism is omniscience.' Black is the Mycroft of historiography.”—Daniel Johnson, The Times -- The Times * Daniel Johnson *
“Jeremy Black’s new book is a massive compendium of facts that suggestively interrogates the entanglement between information and western modernity. . .His impressive survey takes in censuses, literary rates, medicine, time-keeping, trains, telegraphs and space-shuttles, the Holocaust, the Star Wars films, and, of course, the internet.”—Dr Aileen Fyfe, BBC History Magazine -- Dr Aileen Fyfe * BBC History Magazine *
“Fluency and wide-ranging erudition are conspicuously on display in The Power of Knowledge, an ambitious, synoptic, "big idea" book that is likely to extend the frontiers of Mr. Black's audience in this country.”—Roger Kimball, The Wall Street Journal -- Roger Kimball * The Wall Street Journal *
‘Like a latterday Captain Cook, or Darwin on the Beagle perhaps, Jeremy Black evidently relishes the chance to journey to faraway places of the mind and to observe, collate and systematise all he has learned for the benefit of the rest of us.’—Daniel Snowman, History Today -- Daniel Snowman * History Today *
"In his elucidation of topics ranging from navigation and cartography of the late medieval and early modern eras to the scientific revolution and Enlightenment, printing technology and the evolving role of media in state and society, to contemporary subjects such as quantum theory, space exploration, and artificial intelligence, Black shows how information has shaped power and politics around the globe in the modern era."—A.C. Stanley, CHOICE -- A.C. Stanley * CHOICE *
“Jeremy Black’s new book is a massive compendium of facts that suggestively interrogates the entanglement between information and western modernity. . .His impressive survey takes in censuses, literary rates, medicine, time-keeping, trains, telegraphs and space-shuttles, the Holocaust, the Star Wars films, and, of course, the internet.”—Dr Aileen Fyfe, BBC History Magazine -- Dr Aileen Fyfe * BBC History Magazine *
“Fluency and wide-ranging erudition are conspicuously on display in The Power of Knowledge, an ambitious, synoptic, "big idea" book that is likely to extend the frontiers of Mr. Black's audience in this country.”—Roger Kimball, The Wall Street Journal -- Roger Kimball * The Wall Street Journal *
‘Like a latterday Captain Cook, or Darwin on the Beagle perhaps, Jeremy Black evidently relishes the chance to journey to faraway places of the mind and to observe, collate and systematise all he has learned for the benefit of the rest of us.’—Daniel Snowman, History Today -- Daniel Snowman * History Today *
"In his elucidation of topics ranging from navigation and cartography of the late medieval and early modern eras to the scientific revolution and Enlightenment, printing technology and the evolving role of media in state and society, to contemporary subjects such as quantum theory, space exploration, and artificial intelligence, Black shows how information has shaped power and politics around the globe in the modern era."—A.C. Stanley, CHOICE -- A.C. Stanley * CHOICE *
Jeremy Black is professor of history at the University of Exeter. He lives in Exeter, UK.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300167955 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300167954 |
| Title | The Power of Knowledge |
| Author | Jeremy Black |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2013-11-15 |
| Number of pages | 504 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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