The information :
Gleick, James.
The information : a history, a theory, a flood / James Gleick. - 1st ed. - New York : Pantheon Books, c2011. - 526 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-503) and index.
Traces the history of information technology from the invention of scripts and alphabets to the twenty-first century, and profiles individuals who contributed to advances, including Charles Babbage, inventor of the first mechanical computer, Ada Byron, the first true programmer Samuel Morse, Alan Turing, and others.
9780375423727 (trade) 0375423729
2010023221
Information science--History.
Information society.
020/.9
The information : a history, a theory, a flood / James Gleick. - 1st ed. - New York : Pantheon Books, c2011. - 526 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-503) and index.
Traces the history of information technology from the invention of scripts and alphabets to the twenty-first century, and profiles individuals who contributed to advances, including Charles Babbage, inventor of the first mechanical computer, Ada Byron, the first true programmer Samuel Morse, Alan Turing, and others.
9780375423727 (trade) 0375423729
2010023221
Information science--History.
Information society.
020/.9