Book Review — The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood by James Gleick

Stephanie Shen
10 min readFeb 10, 2024

A Brief Summary of Information Theory

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I initially saw this book, The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood by James Gleick, recommended from Mark Manson’s Nine Books that Explains How the World Works. Because information theory always intrigues me, I picked up the book and am glad I did. This article is about a few sparks I have…

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Stephanie Shen

I write about data, technology, and science; Technology executive, Ph.D. in Neuroscience; also love books, photography and travel.