Carl Linnaeus invented the index card

As a consequence of overseas discoveries, early modern scientists faced serious information overload. The sheer amount of exotic, hitherto unknown species reaching the shores of Europe forced naturalists to reconsider the ways in which information about the natural world was processed and organized.

If you want to include this story in your blog, copy and paste this formatted text:

<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news164342304.html">Carl Linnaeus invented the index card</a></p> <p>As a consequence of overseas discoveries, early modern scientists faced serious information overload. The sheer amount of exotic, hitherto unknown species reaching the shores of Europe forced naturalists to reconsider the ways in which information about the natural world was processed and organized.</p>