The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick
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Artikelmerkmale
- Artikelzustand
- Book Title
- The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
- Genre
- Politics & Social Sciences
- Topic
- Engineering
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Intended Audience
- Adult
- Inscribed
- NO
- ISBN
- 9780375423727
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375423729
ISBN-13
9780375423727
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84384359
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
544 Pages
Publication Name
Information : a History, a Theory, a Flood
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Subject
Communication Studies, Information Theory, Social Aspects, Social Aspects / General, Library & Information Science / General, Research, History, Information Technology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Computers, Technology & Engineering, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.8 in
Item Weight
35.1 Oz
Item Length
9.7 in
Item Width
6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-023221
Reviews
" Accessible and engrossing." -Library Journal "The author's skills as an interpreter of science shine&for completist cybergeeks and infojunkies, the book delivers a solid summary of a dense, complex subject." Kirkus, “[A] tour de force&This is intellectual history of tremendous verve, insight, and significance. Unfailingly spirited, often poetic, Gleick recharges our astonishment over the complexity and resonance of the digital sphere and ponders our hunger for connectedness&Destined to be a science classic, best-seller Gleick’s dynamic history of information will be one of the biggest nonfiction books of the year.� – Booklist , starred review “With his brilliant ability to synthesize mounds of details and to tell rich stories, Gleick leads us on a journey from one form of communication information to another&Gleick’s exceptional history of culture concludes that information is indeed the blood, the fuel, and the vital principle on which our world runs.� – Publishers Weekly, starred review "No author is better equipped for such a wide- ranging tour than Mr. Gleick. Some writers excel at crafting a historical narrative, others at elucidating esoteric theories, still others at humanizing scientists. Mr. Gleick is a master of all these skills." – Wall Street Journal “The gifted science writer James Gleick explains how we’ve progressed from seeing information as the expression of human thought and emotion to looking at it as a commodity that can be processed, like wheat or plutonium. It’s a long, complicated, and important story, and in Gleick’s hands it’s also a mesmerizing one&As a celebration of human ingenuity, The Information is a deeply hopeful book.� –Nicholas Carr, Daily Beast " Accessible and engrossing." -Library Journal “The author’s skills as an interpreter of science shine&for completist cybergeeks and infojunkies, the book delivers a solid summary of a dense, complex subject.� -Kirkus “Extraordinary in its sweep&Gleick’s story is beautifully told, extensively sourced, and continually surprising.� –Brainiac, Boston Globe online “Entertaining, funny and clever.� – New Scientist “A brilliant, panoramic view of how we save and communicate knowledge...and provides thrilling portraits of the geniuses behind the inventions. Provocative and illuminating.� – People Praise for James Gleick’s Chaos “An awe-inspiring book. Reading it gave me the sensation that someone had just found the light switch.� -Douglas Adams “Enthralling. Full of beautifully strange and strangely beautiful ideas.� -Douglas Hofstadter Genius “The clearest statement I have seen of the true spirit of science.� -Freeman J. Dyson Isaac Newton “A masterpiece.� -John Banville “A brilliant and engaging study in the paradoxes of the scientific imagination.� -Richard Holmes, " Accessible and engrossing." -Library Journal "The author's skills as an interpreter of science shine&for completist cybergeeks and infojunkies, the book delivers a solid summary of a dense, complex subject." -Kirkus "[A] tour de force&This is intellectual history of tremendous verve, insight, and significance. Unfailingly spirited, often poetic, Gleick recharges our astonishment over the complexity and resonance of the digital sphere and ponders our hunger for connectedness&Destined to be a science classic, best-seller Gleick's dynamic history of information will be one of the biggest nonfiction books of the year." Booklist , starred review Praise for James Gleick's Chaos "An awe-inspiring book. Reading it gave me the sensation that someone had just found the light switch." -Douglas Adams "Enthralling. Full of beautifully strange and strangely beautiful ideas." -Douglas Hofstadter Genius "The clearest statement I have seen of the true spirit of science." -Freeman J. Dyson Isaac Newton "A masterpiece." -John Banville "A brilliant and engaging study in the paradoxes of the scientific imagination." -Richard Holmes, " Accessible and engrossing." -Library Journal "The author's skills as an interpreter of science shine&for completist cybergeeks and infojunkies, the book delivers a solid summary of a dense, complex subject." -Kirkus Praise for James Gleick's Chaos "An awe-inspiring book. Reading it gave me the sensation that someone had just found the light switch." -Douglas Adams "Enthralling. Full of beautifully strange and strangely beautiful ideas." -Douglas Hofstadter Genius "The clearest statement I have seen of the true spirit of science." -Freeman J. Dyson Isaac Newton "A masterpiece." -John Banville "A brilliant and engaging study in the paradoxes of the scientific imagination." -Richard Holmes
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
020.9
Synopsis
James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: a revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era s defining quality the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world. 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. And then the information age arrives. Citizens of this world become experts willy-nilly: aficionados of bits and bytes. And we sometimes feel we are drowning, swept by a deluge of signs and signals, news and images, blogs and tweets. The Information is the story of how we got here and where we are heading. ", James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: a revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era's defining quality--the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world. 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. And then the information age arrives. Citizens of this world become experts willy-nilly: aficionados of bits and bytes. And we sometimes feel we are drowning, swept by a deluge of signs and signals, news and images, blogs and tweets. The Information is the story of how we got here and where we are heading.
LC Classification Number
Z665.G547 2011
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