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The information : a history, a theory, a flood / James Gleick.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Pantheon Books, c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: 526 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780375423727 (trade)
  • 0375423729
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 020/.9
Online resources: Summary: 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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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 020.9 GL IN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0043067

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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