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The ascent of information : books, bits, genes, machines, and life's unending algorithm / Caleb Scharf.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Scharf, Caleb, 1968- author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Information theory.
Human-computer interaction.
Human-machine systems.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (340 pages) : illustrations
Place of Publication:
New York : Riverhead Books, 2021.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Our eternal data
The burden of an idea
In sickness and in health
An ever more tangled bank
Genes, memes, and dreams
The information river
Life made machine
The great blending
A universe of dataomes.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Other Format:
Online version: Scharf, Caleb A., 1968- Ascent of information
ISBN:
9780593087268
0593087267
Publisher Number:
40030595612
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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