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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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The information : a history, a theory, a flood, James Gleick
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- Released
- 2012
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- James Gleick
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 526
- ISBN10
- 0007225741
- ISBN13
- 9780007225743
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Technology & Engineering, Philosophical Topics, Philosophy, Computers & Internet, Science, Technology, Society, Professional Literature, Communication, Information, Scientists, Information Society
- First published
- 2011
- Original title
- The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood.
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
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- 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.