Main Title |
The information : [a history, a theory, a flood] / |
Author |
Gleick, James.
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Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Random House Audio, |
Year Published |
2011 |
OCLC Number |
662402905 |
ISBN |
9780307914965; 0307914968 |
Subjects |
Information science--History ;
Information society
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ELBM |
Z665.G547 2011 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
08/11/2016 |
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Edition |
Unabridged. |
Collation |
14 audio discs (16 hr., 30 min.) ; 4 3/4 in |
Notes |
Compact discs. Duration: 16:30:00. |
Contents Notes |
James Gleick chronicles the history of information technologies that have changed human behaviors and reshaped entire civilizations. 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. |