The information, a history, a theory, a flood, James Gleick
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The information, a history, a theory, a flood, James Gleick
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eng
Abstract
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 provides portraits of the key figures contributing to the inexorable development of our modern understanding of information: Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first great mechanical computer ; Ada Byron, the daughter of the poet, who became the first true programmer ; pivotal figures like Samuel Morse and Alan Turing ; and Claude Shannon, the creator of information theory itself
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-503) and index
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Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The information
Nature of contents
bibliography
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James Gleick
Sub title
a history, a theory, a flood
Target audience
adult
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