The Resource The information : a history, a theory, a flood, James Gleick
The information : a history, a theory, a flood, James Gleick
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 526 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- 9780375423727
- Label
- The information : a history, a theory, a flood
- Title
- The information
- Title remainder
- a history, a theory, a flood
- Statement of responsibility
- James Gleick
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gleick, James
- Dewey number
- 020.9
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Z665
- LC item number
- .G547 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Information science
- Information society
- Information Science
- Sociology
- Label
- The information : a history, a theory, a flood, James Gleick
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 607975727
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 526 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375423727
- Lccn
- 2010023221
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)607975727
- Label
- The information : a history, a theory, a flood, James Gleick
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 607975727
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 526 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375423727
- Lccn
- 2010023221
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)607975727
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