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INTRODUCTION
CHAPTERS
Rockets and Riots – Army Days (1968-1971)
Jane Byrne Burned – Chicago Politics in the 1970s
Before the Deluge – United Press International
Inventing the Future – Encyclopaedia Britannica
Settling Down in Life & the Law
Becoming a Lawyer
Becoming a General Counsel
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Inventing the Future – Encyclopaedia Britannica
Patrick Stewart Introduces the 1995 Compton’s Multimedia Encyclopedia CD-ROM
Rockets, Riots, Politics and Practice
A Dash of the Army, A Dose of Politics, and A Life in the Law
Chapter: Inventing the Future – Encyclopaedia Britannica (in entirety)
Inventing the Future – Encyclopaedia Britannica
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The Low Density University and Lessons from Britannica for the Digital Age
Higher Education and Encyclopedias
How an Artifact of the Scottish Enlightenment Became a Digital Age Pioneer
Vannevar Bush
The Atlantic Monthly’s 1945 As We May Think Article
Ted Nelson – Hypertext Envisioned and Pursued
Douglas Englebart
Alan Kay
The Proper Study of Mankind
The Encyclopaedia Britannica First Edition
The Encyclopedist’s Art
Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica’s 15th Edition
William Benton, Chairman and Publisher, Encyclopaedia Britannica
Robert Hutchins
Mortimer Adler
Charles Van Doren, EB Editorial Vice President
Reinventing the Encyclopaedia in Electronic Form
Solving the Data Storage Problem
Compton’s Multimedia Encyclopedia Prime Movers
Patricia Wier, EB, Marvin Minsky, MIT & Alan Kay
Peter Norton Takes Britannica into the Software Business
Harold Kester, SmarTrieve and Compton’s Multimedia Encyclopedia
Dr. Stanley Frank, Executive Vice President, Encyclopaedia Britannica
Compton’s Multimedia Encyclopedia Makes a Splash
Compton’s Patent R.I.P. – An Afterthought
Rockets, Riots, Politics and Practice
A Dash of the Army, A Dose of Politics, and A Life in the Law
Preface
Introduction
Chapter: Rockets and Riots – Army Days (1968-1971) (in entirety)
Chapter: Jane Byrne Burned – Chicago Politics in the 1970s (in entirety)
