The Man Who Wanted to Classify the World

The Man Who Wanted to Classify the World

60 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 2002

Paul Otlet was a Belgian, *1868, died 1944, who perfected the Dewey Classification system as "the Universal Decimal Classification", in his lifetime alone totalling 17 million index cards of human knowledge.

The Man Who Wanted to Classify the World

60 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 2002

The Man Who Wanted to Classify the World
Paul Otlet was a Belgian, *1868, died 1944, who perfected the Dewey Classification system as "the Universal Decimal Classification", in his lifetime alone totalling 17 million index cards of human knowledge.
Producers
Original title L'homme qui voulait classer le monde
Directors Françoise Levie
Writers Benoît Peeters, Françoise Levie