This course traces the evolution of information technologies and their influence on civilization. It explores the passage from oral to written, from manuscript to print, and from print to electronic communication and its global network that instantaneously transmits words, numbers, ideas, and images to all corners of the earth. The influence of these mediums of communication on the organization of human culture, technological progress, and the experiences of individuals, and the place of these mediums as crossroads at which humanistic, social, and scientific ideas meet will be examined.
- Werner Kelber (kelber@ruf.rice.edu), 325 Anderson Hall, 527-4995
- Albert Van Helden (helden@rice.edu), 527 Fondren, 527-4947
- Stanley Reiser (sreiser@heart.med.uth.tmc.edu), 300 Jones Library,
- UT Medical School, 792-5140
- G. Anthony Gorry (tony@rice.edu), 316 Lovett Hall, 527-6054
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