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Jun. 17, 2011
James Gleick On The History Of Information
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| In his book The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood, James Gleick writes of information sharing through the ages, from African talking drum languages to telegraphs, telephones and the internet. Google search guru Scott Huffman also joins to talk about how Google refines the search for information on the internet. |
Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer
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James Gleick
Author, "The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood" (Pantheon Books, 2011) and "Chaos" (Vintage, 1987)
Science and technology writer
New York, New York -
Scott Huffman
Director of Engineering
Head, Mobile Search
Head, Search Evaluation team
Google Inc.
Mountain View, California
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