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.

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Information science--History.
Information society.

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