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A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING

THE CURIOUS HISTORY OF ALPHABETICAL ORDER
FLANDERS, JUDITH

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One we've learned it as children few of us think much of the alphabet and its familiar sing-song order. And yet the order if the alp habet, that simple knowledge that we take for granted, plays a major role in our adult lives. From the school register to the teleph one book, from dictionaries and encyclopaedias to library shelves, our lives are ordered from A to Z. Long before Google searches, t his magical system of organisation gave us the ability to sift through centuries of thought, knowledge and literature, allowing us t o sort, ...[Read more]

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DetailsPICADOR - PANMACMILLAN
2020
272 Pages
Format: Otros
ISBN: 9781509881567
Language: INGLÉSCategory: Written Culture Studies

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