The information : a history, a theory, a flood
2011, 1st edition. London : Fourth Estate. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #389836
ISBN: 0007225733
Physical Description: 526 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. 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. Subjects: Communication; History; Information; Information science; Information science History.
Price: €18.00