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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood | James Gleick
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James Gleick, the author of the best-sellers 'Chaos' and 'Genius', brings us his crowning work: a revelatory chronicle that shows how information has become the modern era's defining quality - the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world.
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IMASLOWREADER
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1) yes…age of innocence & gone girl
2) not really
3) life of pi
#thoughtfulthursday @MoonWitch94

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morgan_lionheart
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Am accessible history of information theory. Reading this has definitely changed how I look at communication and information. There's a lot of dense stuff here, but Gleick is a good writer and makes it all make sense.

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Zelma
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Ok, I'll play. @maich #meetthelittens

1. Currently south Louisiana, USA, but have moved often
2. Usually say A Prayer for Owen Meany, recently it's Beautiful Ruins
3. The Magicians by Lev Grossman
4. Dazed and Confused
5. House Hunters
6. They Might Be Giants
7. Blue, purple, orange, red, it changes constantly
8. Historical fiction
9. Librarian by trade but right now I stay home to take care of mother-in-law
10. Cats, 3 troublemaker boys

bio_chem06 @Zelma I LOVE They Might Be Giants. We are a dying bread, haha! 7y
Coleen Why did Constantinople get the works?? 😆 7y
Purrfectpages All troublemaker cats? My boy is too! 7y
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Crystalblu Totally love They Might Be Giants!!!! 7y
Crystalblu @Coleen that's nobody's business but the Turks! 7y
maich Troublemaker boys😂😂 Al with love Mum😍 7y
Zelma @bio_chem06 @Coleen @Crystalblu My people! 😁 I have seen them 8 or 9 times in concert. Some serious love here. ❤️ 7y
Zelma @Purrfectpages @maich they're lucky they're so cute and loving! But I wouldn't trade them for anything; they are my babies and keep us quite entertained. 😻 7y
Suet624 They Might Be Giants! I agree with @bio_chem06 - we are a dying breed. 7y
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#marchintoreading day 14 - #pieday

The most numbers book I own. Was hesitant, trying to remember if pie came uo, but then I believe it's technically the most information dense symbol around.

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Nitpickyabouttrains
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I loved this book, which was packed full of way more then I expected. It covered history and science and sociology. It went into depth in the math involved in information transfer.

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