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Starting with african drumming, it takes in babbages difference engine, the telegraph. In a sense, the information is a book about everything. The information, popular science author james gleicks new book, begins with a history of information technologies. The onset of chaos feigenbaum bifurcation fractal image created by mcm acknowledgement. A history, a theory, a flood is a book by science history writer james gleick published in march 2011 which covers the genesis of our current information age. He worked for ten years as an editor and reporter for the new york times, founded an early internet portal, the pipeline, and has written several. A history, a theory, a flood chronicles the evolution of information. Author and journalist james gleick tells the story of information technologies that, he claims, changed the very nature of human consciousness. Peter gleick is a hydroclimatologist and chief scientist at the pacific. Faster by james gleick overdrive rakuten overdrive. A history, a theory, a flood audible audio edition. James gleick science writer, threetime pulitzer prize finalist and author of the information. James gleick was born in new york city and graduated from harvard college.
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For ten years he was an editor at the new york times. 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. James gleick, the author of the best sellers chaos and genius, now brings us a. Thats only one of the many pithy descriptions that gleick chaos, 1987 quotes in this fine, monumental biography of a. James gleick born august 1, 1954 is an american author, journalist and biographer whose bestselling books include the information. A history, a theory, a flood met up with sarah crown at the edinburgh international. The story of information begins in a time profoundly unlike our own, when every.
The making of a new science by james gleick 19871029 01jan1652. Browse james gleicks bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Information, communication, and information theory. Hugo gernsback 18841967 has mostly vanished from our cultural memory, which is a pity, because he was an extraordinary man. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. In chaos, gleick looks at how the science of chaos was developed. It was on the new york times bestseller list for three weeks following its debut the information has also been published in ebook formats by fourth estate and random house, and as an audiobook.
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