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James Gleick: The Information (2011, Pantheon Books) 4 stars

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood is a book by science history writer …

Review of 'The Information' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Bounces between broad ideas that any generalist will be able to grasp and some specific arguments that require more knowledge of maths than I have. I feel inadequate to judge the overall thesis, but what I loved about The Information is that it's a 'Big Idea' book that often sent me on my own internal tangents. It can be frustrating in the moment to start your own thread when you're supposed to be focused on the author's, but I'd rather have that impulse and have to back-track over the text to pick up the original thread than not to be inspired.