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The information [a history, a theory, a flood]  Cover Image E-audiobook E-audiobook

The information [electronic resource] : [a history, a theory, a flood] / James Gleick.

Gleick, James. (Author). Shapiro, Rob. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780307914996 (electronic audio bk.)
  • ISBN: 0307914992 (electronic audio bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 sound file : digital.
  • Edition: Library ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Books on Tape, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Downloadable audio file.
Title from: Title details screen.
Unabridged.
Duration: 16:37:40.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Rob Shapiro.
System Details Note:
Requires OverDrive Media Console
Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 238949 KB; MP3 file size: 468799 KB).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject: Information science > History.
Information society.
Genre: DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOK.
Audiobooks.
Downloadable audio books.

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