The Information: A History, A Theory, A FloodKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 6 mars 2012 - 544 pages From the bestselling author of the acclaimed Chaos and Genius comes a thoughtful and provocative exploration of the big ideas of the modern era: Information, communication, and information theory. |
Table des matières
Prologue 338598 | 3 |
Drums That Talk | 13 |
The Persistence of the Word | 28 |
Two Wordbooks | 51 |
To Throw the Powers of Thought into WheelWork | 78 |
A Nervous System for the Earth | 125 |
New Wires New Logic | 168 |
Information Theory | 204 |
Into the Meme Pool | 310 |
The Sense of Randomness | 324 |
Information Is Physical | 355 |
After the Flood | 373 |
New News Every Day | 398 |
Epilogue | 413 |
Acknowledgments | 427 |
Bibliography | 477 |