![]() ![]() A Place for Everything fascinatingly lays out the gradual triumph of alphabetical order, from its possible earliest days as a sorting tool in the Great Library of Alexandria in the third century BCE, to its current decline in prominence in our digital age. ![]() To many of our forebears, the idea of organising things by the random chance of the alphabet rather than by established systems of hierarchy or typology lay somewhere between unthinkable and disrespectful. A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order. For, while the order of the alphabet itself became fixed very soon after letters were first invented, their ability to sort and store and organise proved far less obvious. Judith Flanders starts talking at about 8:00-min. n A Place for Everything, acclaimed historian Judith Flanders draws our attention to both the neglected ubiquity of the alphabet and the long, complex history of its rise to prominence. By Judith Flanders Published Feb 2020 While we emphasize our subconscious appreciation for the importance of the alphabet, it is alphabetic order, its organization, that allows us to sift through the centuries of thought, of knowledge, of poetry, literature, scientific discovery and discourse. From the school register to the telephone book, from dictionaries and encyclopaedias to library shelves, our lives are ordered from A to Z. The order of the alphabet, that simple knowledge that we take for granted once learned as children, plays a major role in our adult lives. A Place for Everything - by Judith Flanders 17. A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order (Audio CD / Audio, Unabridged edition)īy Flanders, Judith Read by Winwood, Julia ![]()
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