Document (#36980)

Author
Gleick, J.
Title
¬The information : a history, a theory, a flood
Imprint
New York : Pantheon Books
Year
2011
Pages
526 S
Isbn
978-0-37542372-7
Abstract
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.
Content
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.
Footnote
Rez. in: JASIST 62(2011) no.12, S.2543-2545 (C.H. Davis)
Theme
Information
LCSH
Information science / History
Information society
RSWK
Kommunikation / Information / Informationsgesellschaft
Kommunikation / Information / Geschichte (BVB)
Informations- und Dokumentationswissenschaft / Geschichtee (BVB)
Informationsgesellschafte (BVB)
BK
15.07 / Kulturgeschichte
05.20 / Kommunikation und Gesellschaft
DDC
020.9
LCC
Z665 .G547 2011
RVK
AN 92900
AP 16100

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