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You can count the number of books in the world on 25,972,976 hands

Pubblicato il 5 agosto 2010 da A Googler

Ever wonder just how many different books there are in the world? After some intensive analysis, we’ve come up with a number. Standing on the shoulders of giants—libraries and cataloging organizations—and based on our computational resources and ex… Continua a leggere→

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Google Books goes Dutch

Pubblicato il 14 luglio 2010 da A Googler

(Cross-posted from the European Public Policy blog)In recent months, I’ve got to know a group of people in the Hague who are working on an ambitious project to make the rich fabric of Dutch cultural and political history as widely accessible as possi… Continua a leggere→

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Our commitment to the digital humanities

Pubblicato il 14 luglio 2010 da A Googler

(Cross-posted on the Google Research Blog)It can’t have been very long after people started writing that they started to organize and comment on what was written. Look at the 10th century Venetus A manuscript, which contains scholia written fifteen … Continua a leggere→

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A digital renaissance: partnering with the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage

Pubblicato il 10 marzo 2010 da A Googler

The Renaissance, Europe’s period of cultural, political and scientific rebirth, began in Florence around 600 years ago. At Google we’re interested in a (small “r”) renaissance of a different kind — a digital one. Since the launch of Google Books,… Continua a leggere→

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