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The information : a history, a theory, a flood
Gleick, James.
Publisher:
Pantheon Books,
Pub date:
2011.
Pages:
526 p. :
ISBN:
9780375423727
Item info:
3 copies available at Elmira - Central (Steele) Library, Corning - Southeast Steuben County Library, and Wellsville - David A. Howe Public Library.
Holdings
Corning - Southeast Steuben County Library
Copies
Material
Location
020.9 GLE
1
Adult NonFiction Book
Standard shelving location
Elmira - Central (Steele) Library
Copies
Material
Location
020.9 G556
1
Adult NonFiction Book
Standard shelving location
Wellsville - David A. Howe Public Library
Copies
Material
Location
020.9 GLE
1
Adult NonFiction Book
Adult Stacks
The information : a history, a theory, a flood
Gleick, James.
Leader
am8a
key
ocn607975727
Data source
OCoLC
Fixed field data
100621s2011 nyua b 001 0 eng
LCCN
2010023221
ISBN
9780375423727 : $29.95
ISBN
0375423729
Cataloging Source
DLC DLC BTCTA YDXCP
LC Call Number
Z665 .G547 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
020.9 22
Personal Author
Gleick, James.
Title
The information : a history, a theory, a flood / James Gleick.
Publication info
New York : Pantheon Books, 2011.
Projected pub date
1101
Physical description
526 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
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ELMIRA CORNING PENNYAN WELLSVILLE
Subject term
Information science--History.
Subject term
Information society.
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