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The Information

A History, a Theory, a Flood

By James Gleick

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| Others | 9780375423727

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The Information is the story of how we got here and where we are heading. It willtransform readers’ view of its subject.

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  • Information and Human Society

    James Gleick is one of the great science writers of our age, and his latest book, The Information, has been well received. This is understandable—it is an entertaining and instructive romp through the history of information technologies from cuneifor ... (read full critics)

    americanscientist published on Fri, 12 Aug 2011

  • Gazing upon the Bitch-goddess of Quantification: 'The Information'

    We are surfing. We are floundering. We are drowning in a sea of information. Shall we stop to count the waves, or try to make sense of it all? The first of these two is the way of information theory. Information, in case you haven’t heard, is the new ... (read full critics)

    popmatters published on Mon, 23 May 2011

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  • Others 496 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0375423729
  • ISBN-13: 9780375423727
  • Publisher: Pantheon
  • Pub date: Mar 01, 2011
  • Also available as: Audio CD and eBook
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