The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood

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The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood

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Gleick does outstanding job explaining gödel’s work. He is skillful at giving the reader small doses of the abstract material with less mentally taxing stories between. Gleick talks about ciphers people used to write shorter telegraphs.

This book excellently presents an abstract topic that many readers would probably otherwise learn little about. This is a good introduction that should well-thumbed. Both audible versions are read by the very capable rob shapiro.

Luria found striking distances between illiterate and even slightly literate subjects, not in what they knew, but in how they thought. This volume clearly covers the concepts and development of theories of information.

It really is a superb read and i highly recommend it. Great reading.

Cons

The book is fine but the index is doubly non fonctionnel on the kindle ipad/iphone app poublished by harpercollins e-books. The book's execution leaves much to be desired.

He never says what the answer is to the question, 'why are manhole covers round' he is overwhelmed by information and lacks concision.

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Its amazing how all of the electronics in our lives are the product of a field that is still very young

These geniuses are mostly unknown but are largely responsible for the amazing quality of life we all take for granted today

With the prominence of the author we expected a challenge with a significant learning opportunity

To tie together the totality of the technology that is most central to the 21st century with the encoding of the double helix 2... Read More

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This product had a total of 1,402 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 24 2023.