The information a history, a theory, a flood Gleick, James 1954- creator text catalog xxu New York Pantheon Books c2011 2011 1st ed. monographic eng
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526 p. : il. ; 25 cm. 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 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. James Gleick. Incluye bibliografía e índice. (p. 429-503) Information science History Information society Information Science History Teoría de la información Historia Primera Jornada de Catalogacion Tecnologías de la información y la comunicación Historia Z 665 G556i 2011 003.54 9780375423727 0375423729 PUCPR 110630 20230411085633.0 spa