Universal Decimal: Classification
In the late 19th century, two Belgian visionaries, and Henri La Fontaine , looked at the world’s exploding volume of information and saw a looming "Pit of Despair"—a future where human knowledge would be lost simply because it couldn't be found.
To make this work, they needed a classification system that was: universal decimal classification
Able to cover every field of knowledge, from Philosophy to Engineering. In the late 19th century, two Belgian visionaries,
Using symbols like colons (:) or pluses (+) to show how different subjects—like Physics and Medicine —linked together to form new ideas like Biophysics . The System: A Mathematical Map of Mind In the late 19th century
Using numbers that any person, regardless of language, could understand.
