# From World Brain to the World Wide Web

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Martin Campbell-Kelly
- Year: 2006
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Computer science, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/world-brain-world-wide-web)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [From World Brain to the World Wide Web](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/world-brain-world-wide-web/c113069564cd) (YouTube)