The information : a history, a theory, a flood
(2011)
By:
Gleick, James
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
020.9/GLEICK,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Pantheon Books, [2011]
©2011
©2011
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
526 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780375423727, 0375423729
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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