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The information : a history, a theory, a flood

Title
The information : a history, a theory, a flood / James Gleick.
Author
Gleick, James
Publication
New York : Vintage Books, 2012, ©2011.

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Subject
  • Information theory > History
  • Information technology > History
  • Information society
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-503) and index.
Contents
Drums that talk -- Persistence of the word -- Two wordbooks -- To throw the powers of thought into wheel-work -- A nervous system for the Earth -- New wires, new logic -- Information theory -- The informational turn -- Entropy and its demons -- Life's own code -- Into the meme pool -- The sense of randomness -- Information is physical -- After the flood -- New news every day.
ISBN
  • 9781400096237
  • 1400096235
LCCN
2012371524
OCLC
  • ocn745979816
  • 745979816
  • SCSB-14721667
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries