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A History, a Theory, a Flood

by James Gleick

2011 526 pages eng ★ 4.0 (21 ratings)

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood begins with the tale of colonial European explorers and their fascination with African talking drums and their observed use to send complex and widely understood messages back and forth between villages far apart, and over even longer distances by relay.…

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