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       人类与信息遭遇的历史由来已久。詹姆斯•格雷克笔下的这段历史出人意料地从非洲的鼓语讲起（第1章）。非洲土著部落在尚未直接跨越到移动电话之前，曾用鼓声来传递讯息，但他们是如何做到的呢？后续章节进而讲述了这段历史上几个影响深远的关键事件，包括文字的发明（第2章）、罗伯特•考德里的第一本英语词典（第3章）、查尔斯•巴贝奇的差分机与爱达•拜伦的程序（第4章）、沙普兄弟的信号塔与摩尔斯电（第5章）。
       但人类开始自觉地理解和利用信息始于克劳德•香农在1948年创立的信息论（第6、7章）。香农的信息论不仅推动了信息技术的发展，也引发了许多学科的信息转向（第8章），改变了人们对于诸如麦克斯韦妖（第9章）、生命的编码（第10章）、模因（第11章）、随机性（第12章）、量子信息论（第13章）等的理解。部分科学家甚至认为，构成世界的基础不是物质，不是能量，而是信息。正如物理学家约翰•惠勒所说，“万物源自比特”。
现如今，信息如洪流般淹没了我们，使我们深陷信息焦虑、信息过载、信息疲劳的困扰。但回顾历史，这并不是件新鲜事，人们也总是能想出应对手段。维基百科（第14章）、Google（第15章）便是我们的应对之一。无论对于信息的未来持何态度，有一点是确定无疑的，即我们人类是信息的造物。
       作为《混沌》、《费曼传》、《越来越快》、《牛顿传》等畅销书的作者，格雷克不仅在书中细致还原了历史细节，通俗解释了各种理论，还生动刻画了几位不为大众所知的人物：可编程计算机先驱、超越时代的查尔斯•巴贝奇，第一位程序员、诗人拜伦之女爱达•拜伦，计算机科学之父、天妒英才的阿兰•图灵，以及全书的主人公、信息论之父克劳德•香农。

     《敏捷武士:看敏捷高手交付卓越软件》是一本贴近实战的指导书。

       将敏捷的思想与原则贯穿在如何交付卓越软件的讲解中，旨在向读者展示如何玩转敏捷项目，内容涉及软件开发过程中的诸多要素，如客户、需求、沟通、计划、估算、协作、团队等。

For courses in Advanced Software Engineering or Object-Oriented Design. This book covers the human and organizational dimension of the software improvement process and software project management -- whether based on the CMM or ISO 9000 or the Rational Unified Process. Drawn from a decade of research, it emphasizes common-sense practices. Its principles are general but concrete; every pattern is its own built-in example. Historical supporting material from other disciplines is provided. Though even pattern experts will appreciate the depth and currency of the material, it is self-contained and well-suited for the layperson.

DevOps for Developers delivers a practical, thorough introduction to approaches,processes and tools to foster collaboration between software development and operations. Efforts of Agile software development often end at the transition phase from development to operations. This book covers the delivery of software, this means the last mile, with lean practices for shipping the software to production and making it available to the end users, together with
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Introduce unified processes and incentives to support shared goals Start with or extend a tool infrastructure that spans projects roles and phases Address pain points in your individual environment with appropriate recipes Break down existing walls that make up an unnecessarily sluggish delivery process Who this book is for
DevOps for Developers is for motivated software engineers, particularly programmers, testers, QA, system admins, database admins, both beginners and experts, who want to improve their
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