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Hmm. Sounds a bit frothy, but since I'm reading James Gleick's _The Information_ ... I'll take a look.

• manicbovine 16y ago
  Are you enjoying Gleick? I've been considering it, but other books keep jumping the queue.
  • mkrecny 16y ago
    I'm enjoying it a lot. Sometimes I think he spends too much time on historical context rather than information theoretic concepts...but that's a subjective preference of course.
  • JabavuAdams 16y ago
    Yes. I get wrapped up in it for a bit, then put it down to read other books. I like the historical context, but at times I get impatient to jump ahead because it feels like I'm on the verge of understanding something significant. One benefit of the historical sections is that I now want to go back and read some of the original sources. Esp. Shannon and Turing.
  • heydenberk 16y ago
    I recently read Gleick's _The Information_. It's a quick, interesting read, although I suspect people who don't share my combination of interest in the OED and Babbage's difference engine may find one of those sections to drag. Like a lot of good science writing, it strives to make scientific and technical concepts palatable through the conceit of a historical narrative, and it's largely successful. As a hacker and a geek, I naturally wish it were more technical and less biography.