The information : a history, a theory, a flood

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Title
"The information : a history, a theory, a flood"
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James Gleick
Publisher
  • Pantheon Books
  • 1st ed
Publication Year
  • c2011
Book size
25 cm

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Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-503) and index

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

Details 詳細情報について

  • CRID
    1130000793756982912
  • NII Book ID
    BB05368334
  • ISBN
    9780375423727
  • LCCN
    2010023221
  • Web Site
    https://lccn.loc.gov/2010023221
  • Text Lang
    en
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    en
  • Place of Publication
    • New York
  • Classification
  • Data Source
    • CiNii Books
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