The Information: A History, a Theory, a FloodFrom 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. |
Contents
To Throw the Powers of Thought into WheelWork | |
A Nervous System for the Earth | |
New Wires New Logic | |
Information Theory | |
The Sense of Randomness | |
Information Is Physical | |
After the Flood | |
New News Every | |
Epilogue | |
Acknowledgments | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
The Informational Turn | |
Entropy and Its Demons | |
Lifes Own Code | |
Into the Meme Pool | |
Index | |
A Note About The Author Illustration Credits | |