The information a history, a theory, a flood
From the invention of scripts and alphabets to the long misunderstood "talking drums" of Africa, James Gleick tells the story of information technologies that changed the very nature of human consciousness. He also provides portraits of the key figures contributing to the inexorable develo...
| Main Author: | Gleick, James. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Pantheon Books,
c2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Summary: |
From the invention of scripts and alphabets to the long misunderstood "talking drums" of Africa, James Gleick tells the story of information technologies that changed the very nature of human consciousness. He also provides portraits of the key figures contributing to the inexorable development of our modern understanding of information, including Charles Babbage, Ada Byron, Samuel Morse, Alan Turing, and Claude Shannon. |
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| Physical Description: |
526 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-503) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780375423727 (hc) 0375423729 (hc) |
| Author Notes: |
(Publisher Provided) |