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From World Brain to the World Wide Web

Professor Martin Campbell-Kelly · Gresham College

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About

The World Wide Web has evolved into a universe of information at our finger tips. But this was not an idea born with the Internet. This lecture recounts earlier attempts to disseminate information that influenced the Web - such as the French Encyclopédists in the 18th century, H. G. Wells' World Brain in the 1930s, and Vannevar Bush's Memex in the 1940s.

The talk

  1. From World Brain to the World Wide Web 2006-11-09 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Martin Campbell-Kelly
Year
2006
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics, Computer science, History
Source
Gresham College
Licence
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