It’s hard to believe, but the humble index—expediter of searches, organizer of concepts— prompted outcries as it became more widespread: If one has an index, why would anyone read a book? Alarms “were ...

Almost all books come with indexes in the back. These sections identify the most frequently-used words in the book, and list the pages those words appear on. Authors (generally) do not create these ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Margalit Fox INDEX, A HISTORY OF THE A Bookish Adventure From Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital ...

When and how and why did we come up with the idea of an index? Dennis Duncan will be here to talk about his book “Index, A History of the.” What happens when a violinist’s recently discovered ...