The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
by James Gleick
James Gleick examines the history and theory of information, connecting communication, knowledge, and technology across time. With a wide-ranging perspective, The Information considers how humanity has created, organized, transmitted, and understood information—and why this concept has become so central to modern life.
About This Book
James Gleick’s The Information explores information as a central idea in human thought and modern life.
The book brings together history, theory, and the changing ways people create, record, transmit, and understand information.
It considers the significance of communication and data across intellectual and technological contexts.
Written for general readers, this is a broad introduction to the forces that have shaped the information age.
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