Information A History, a Theory, a Flood

Name: Information A History, a Theory, a Flood
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ISBN: 9781400096237

ISBN-10: 1400096235

ISBN-13: 9781400096237

Edition: 2012

Authors: James Gleick

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James Gleick, the author of the best sellersChaosandGenius,now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: a revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era’s defining quality—the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world. The story of information begins in a time profoundly unlike our own, when every thought and utterance vanishes as soon as it is born. From the invention of scripts and alphabets to the long-misunderstood talking drums of Africa, Gleick tells the story of information technologies that changed the very nature of human consciousness. He provides portraits of the key figures contributing to the inexorable development of…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/6/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

He wrote the worldwide bestseller Chaos, which was nominated for the National Book Award. He was the 1990 McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University.