The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
Author: James Gleick
ISBN-13: 9780375423727
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2011
- Date Started
- May 5, 2023
- Date Completed
- June 3, 2023
- Shelves
- Read Would Read Again
- One Sentence Summary
- A dense romp through the Information Age, from smoke signals to transistors to the invention of the Internet that left me wanting to know more about Claude Shannon, "the father of information theory."
- Why I Chose This Book
- It fits into my personal mythos of attempting to understand different aspects of the nature of information, communication, and truth, and how personal computing has complicated our relationship with each.
- Lingering Questions
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How did the invention of near-instantaneous, long-distance communication change the nature of human relationships?
Who was Claude Shannon, and what was his contribution to information theory?
- Tags
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information-dense philosophical historical visionary