michael sylvester wrote: > > > Most people probably know of John Dewey's by the mentioning the > Dewey decimal library system but what else did he invent? >
The Dewey decimal system was invented by Melvil Dewey (1851-1931), not by John Dewey (1859-1952). What John Dewey "invented," to a first approximation, was the modern US school system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvil_Dewey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
