The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
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James Gleick. (2011). The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
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JAMES GLEICK is our leading chronicler of science and technology, and the author of Chaos and Genius, both nominated for the National Book Award, and Isaac Newton, which was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize. His books have been translated into thirty languages.
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