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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the balance of power within m... ...r time InfoTech upset the balance of power within major civilizations. BRAD BRADFORD Foreword and Epilogue By Michael S. Hart Dedicati... ...e InfoTech upset the balance of power within major civilizations. BRAD BRADFORD Foreword and Epilogue By Michael S. Hart Dedication t... ...L For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family incomparable love, care, feeding... ...urprises that make up the best and most valuable books. At eighty-nine, Brad Bradford brings a long lifetime of experience in newspapers during th... ...ses that make up the best and most valuable books. At eighty-nine, Brad Bradford brings a long lifetime of experience in newspapers during the hot... ... BC). Their homeland lay along the coastal regions known today as Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and the Palestinian Territories. The Greeks named them... ... the Roman Empire and lasted about a thousand years. Western Europe‘s economy deteriorated drastically after the breakdown of law and order in t... ...he huge impact the introduction of the moldboard plow exerted on Europe‘s economy. Those heavy metal plows turned over furrows to create artificia...

...This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books....

... listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sense of speech. -- 2. The Gift of Memory-For millennia, mnemonics reigned over commerce, news, entertainment, and the perpetuation and refinement of crafts. -- 3. From Whence Cometh Indo-European Tongues?-Did a freshwater lake com...

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