James Gleick new audiobook, The Information, follows in the paths of the many science and history tomes that have followed a single thing through history (salt, cod, coal, etc.). This particular version is unusual for being much more conceptual. Check out the New York Times review:
"Information, he argues, is more than just the contents of our overflowing libraries and Web servers. It is 'the blood and the fuel, the vital principle' of the world. Human consciousness, society, life on earth, the cosmos — it’s bits all the way down."
Click here for the rest of the review, or click here for the audiobook.
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