The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

James Gleick

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

James Gleick

526 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction art history science technology challenging informative slow-paced
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James Gleick, the author of the bestsellers Chaos and Genius, brings us his crowning work: a revelatory chronicle that shows how information has become the modern era's defining quality--the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world.

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