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    The Routledge Companion to Media Technology and Obsolescence
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    1. chrisaldrich 25 May 2023
      British historian of science, StaffanMueller-Wille at the Centre for Medical History at the University of Exeter, recently claimedthat Swedish natural scientist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), the father of modern taxonomy,had “invented” the card index to manage his information storage and retrieval.

      How can Linnaeus (1707-1778) be said to have invented the card index or the index card when there are systems that predate him including Vincent Placcius and Leibnitz?

      Linnaeus' version were all of a standard size at least. Would this have been a shift in the definition or did others have and recommend "cards of equal size" before this?

      invention of the index card index cards Carl Linnaeus Staffan Mueller-Wille Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz Vincentius Placcius cards of equal size open questions

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