New book by Paul Kahn: Mapping Knowledge Across Time

Routledge, Published July 15, 2026 by CRC Press

“What patterns do we use to represent knowledge of the world? Opening seven books side by side, Mapping Knowledge Across Time asks these difficult questions. What shapes do we use to represent creation? What do we record and what do we ignore when we map the world? How do we create a picture of the past on the page? Where do we locate the future? How do the parts of the world connect? How do these shapes and patterns arranged on book pages compare across eight centuries? What do the visualizations of knowledge from these books help us see today?”

See also a review by Alan Smith in Financial Times.

No wonder, the hard back copy is currently out of stock – and let’s be honest, who wants to read this as an e-book?


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