The Information : A History, a Theory, a Flood (9780007225743)

Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2012, the world's leading prize for popular science writing.

We live in the information age. But every era of history has had its own information revolution: the invention of writing, the composition of dictionaries, the creation of the charts that made navigation possible, the discovery of the electronic signal, the cracking of the genetic code.

In 'The Information' James Gleick tells the story of how human beings use, transmit and keep what they know. From African talking drums to Wikipedia, from Morse code to the 'bit', it is a fascinating account of the modern age's defining idea and a brilliant exploration of how information has revolutionised our lives.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 544 pages
• Dimensions 129 x 198 x 35mm | 370g
• Publication date 01 Mar 2012
• Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint FOURTH ESTATE LTD
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Illustrations note w. figs.
• ISBN10 0007225741
• ISBN13 9780007225743
• Bestsellers rank 13,346

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