Monday, November 08, 2004
Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Vannevar Bush's memex immediately comes to mind upon dipping into this cornucopia of, well, ideas! The original Dictionary was first published in 1973, and this new, updated online version adds substantially to what was already a winning formula. The online Dictionary can be browsed by means of an alphabetic listing, by entry author, by subject or by a keyword search. Be prepared to lose hours of time to reading as one idea leads to another, to another, to another....
