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[Richard Hill]

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Emanuel Goldberg and His Knowledge Machine
Information, Invention, and Political Forces

Buckland, Michael 

Price: $49.95
ISBN: 0313313326
Libraries Unlimited
Paperback | 400 pages
DOI: 10.1336/0313313326
Publication Date: 03/31/2006

DESCRIPTION
This book tells the story of Emanuel Goldberg, a chemist, inventor, and
industrialist who contributed to almost every aspect of imaging technology
in the first half of the 20th century. Despite his accomplishments, history
has not been kind to Goldberg, a name all but erased from the annals of
information science. An incredible story emerges as Michael Buckland
unearths forgotten documents and rogue citations to show that, contrary to
public opinion, Goldberg created the first desktop search engine, developed
microdot technology, and designed the famous Contax 35 mm camera. A
fascinating and illuminating tribute to a great mind and a crucial period in
the history of information science and technology.

CONTENTS
Preface
Origins
University Studies
Berlin
Sophie Posniak
Graphics
The Goldberg Wedge
The Great War
Ice and the Kinamo
The Goldberg Condition
Microdots
Zeiss Ikon and the Contax
Television
The 1931 Congress
The Statistical Machine
Ludwig, Killinger and Mutschmann
Paris
Palestine
Military Needs
The Microfilm Rapid Selector
Finale
After Goldberg
Goldberg in Retrospect
Appendix A: Texts in German
Appendix B: Biographical Sources
Appendix C: Goldberg Patents
Bibliography of Emanuel Goldberg's Writings
General Bibliography
Index

MICHAEL BUCKLAND is Emeritus Professor, School of Information Management and
Systems, and Co-Director of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative, at the
University of California, Berkeley. He has degrees in History from Oxford
and Librarianship from Sheffield University. He has been Dean of the School
of Library and Information Studies at Berkeley and President of the American
Society for Information Science. Previous books include Library Services in
Theory and Context (1983) and Information and Information Systems (Praeger,
1991). 


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