The information : a history, a theory, a flood
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, �2011., New York Vintage Books, 2011.
Format
Book
Edition
1st Vintage books ed., 2012.
Physical Desc
526 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Uintah County Library - General NonFiction - Second Floor
020.955 GLEICK
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020.955 GLEICK
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, �2011., New York Vintage Books, 2011.
Edition
1st Vintage books ed., 2012.
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-503) and index.
Description
The story of information begins in a time profoundly unlike our own, when every thought and utterance vanishes as soon as it is born. From the invention of scripts and alphabets to the long-misunderstood talking drums of Africa, 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 idiosyncratic inventor of the first great mechanical computer; Ada Byron, the brilliant and doomed 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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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gleick, J. (2011). The information: a history, a theory, a flood (1st Vintage books ed., 2012.). Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gleick, James. 2011. The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood. Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gleick, James. The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood Vintage Books, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gleick, James. The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood 1st Vintage books ed., 2012., Vintage Books, 2011.
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