The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

'The Path To Power', Caro, first volume of his LBJ biography. Elsewhere ('Working'), Caro has explained that his career in writing is to make clear how power is acquired and used. I think he achieves this goal here and am looking forward to the remaining volumes. 'Spiritual Formation', Henri Nouwen. A deep, Catholic, thinker with much to offer those who are looking in this direction. 'In A Sunburned Country', Bryson. Bryson is an ideal travel companion. 'The Information', Gleick. A tour of the ideas and technologies underneath how we became so dependent on bits. 'Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons'... the most worthwhile part was how my son and I bonded over working through the lessons.

Not sure if this is helpful, but a friend fed this conversation through ChatGPT and had it summarize for easier reading: -The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy -Bigger by Marc Levinson -The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production-- Toyota's Secret Weapon in the Global Car Wars That Is Now Revolutionizing World Industry by James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, and Daniel Roos -Empires of the Sky: Zeppelins, Airplanes, and Two Men's Epic Duel to Rule the World by Erik Larson -Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America by Richard -White -The Arms of Krupp: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Dynasty that Armed Germany at War by William Manchester -Edison by Edmund Morris -Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow -The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century by Steven Watts -Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler -The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage -The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood by James Gleick -Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age by Michael S. Malone…

+1 for The Information. Spectacular book

I very much liked Information by a James Gleick, but it’s rather pop

+1 for "The Information". i can here specifically to recommend this book. Such a great read, i would even venture are saying a must read for anybody even remotely interested in computer science.

Have you looked for online courses? Here are a few of the books I'd go through around computers, but are you thinking more extensive history of "technology?" Like how we've grown from printing press as innovation? Soul of a New Machine is a great non-fiction but reads like a fiction account of trying to overtake the Vax by building one of the first 32-bit machines https://www.amazon.com/Soul-New-Machine-Tracy-Kidder/dp/0316... (https://www.amazon.com/Soul-New-Machine-Tracy-Kidder/dp/0316491977) A Biography of the Pixel https://www.amazon.com/Biography-Pixel-Leonardo-Alvy-Smith/d... (https://www.amazon.com/Biography-Pixel-Leonardo-Alvy-Smith/dp/0262542455) great overview of the innovation and math that pushed graphics forwrard The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood https://www.amazon.com/Information-History-Theory-Flood/dp/1... (https://www.amazon.com/Information-History-Theory-Flood/dp/1400096235) walks through information theory and how we got to the internet Dealers of lightning: https://www.amazon.com/Dealers-of-Lightning-audiobook/dp/B00... (https://www.amazon.com/Dealers-of-Lightning-audiobook/dp/B0000546R7/) how a lot of modenr computing grew out of Xerox

Interesting! I'll look into that. I'm about 1/3 into The Information, from the same author - also a good read for anyone interested!

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick.

Top five, summaries easy enough to find via Amazon: - Turings’s Cathedral - The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood - A Mind at Play - The Victorian Internet - Dawn of the New Everything Plus two that I haven’t read but hear amazing things: - Mindstorms - Dream Machine

* Information: A history, a theory, a flood - James Gleick * Sapiens - Yuval Harari * Thinking, fast and slow - Daniel Kahneman * Power of Habit - Charles Duhig

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood. An easily digestible summary of information and key figures in its history. Turing's Cathedral (or as my brothers call it: Von Neumann's Cathedral). An awesome account of the history of computation, and the obstacles that had to be overcome. Cryptonomicon. Hilarious The Strangest Man, by Graham Farmelo. A biography of delightfully awkward Paul Dirac. The Library of Babel, by Jorge Luis Borges. Thought provoking and profound.

Currently reading: "The Information - A History, A Theory, a Flood" I like it so far.

The book that I wanted to write until I found out not only that it was written, but that it does a better job on the subject that I could have http://www.amazon.com/The-Information-History-Theory-Flood/d... (http://www.amazon.com/The-Information-History-Theory-Flood/dp/0375423729)

Seconded. The last few chapters were unsatisfying to me, but overall a really fun read that does a good job of tying together a bunch of different threads of science around information theory.

I enjoyed James Gleick's The Information. Wonderful book from one of the best science writers around.