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The information : a history, a theory, a flood

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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.

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The information : a history, a theory, a flood, James Gleick

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2012
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Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
2012
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
526
ISBN10
0007225741
ISBN13
9780007225743
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Prima pubblicazione
2011
Titolo originale
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood.
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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.