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Re:Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011 by rahulrg on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @04:48AM (#3395299)
I enjoyed James Gleick's The Information. Wonderful book from one of the best science writers around.
Re:Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011 by jfager on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @07:57AM (#3395625)
Seconded. The last few chapters were unsatisfying to me, but overall a really fun read that does a good job of tying together a bunch of different threads of science around information theory.