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

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Gleick, James

Publication details: New York : Pantheon Books, 2011.Description: 526 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780375423727
9780007423118

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Summary: 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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AM	PERPUSTAKAAN TUN SERI LANANG	PERPUSTAKAAN TUN SERI LANANG KOLEKSI AM-P. TUN SERI LANANG (ARAS 5)	Z665.G554 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		1	Available		00002079120

Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-503) and index.

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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