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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

Global Rank#7,997

Authors: James Gleick

Published: 2011-03-01

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Tags: popular science

Format: book

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Wikipedia Backlinks: 33

NYT Mentions: 11

Title Complexity: 5210869.94 (NYT adjustment factor: 1.0)

Score: 3.547602141894268

Score Explanation:
SourceWeightCalculationWeighted Value
NYT Mentions0.25ln(11 × 1.00 + 1)0.6212
Wikipedia Backlinks0.50ln(33 + 1)1.7632
Ratings Count0.50ln(0 + 1)0.0000
Ratings Average1.00ln(1 + 1)0.6931
OpenLibrary rating (avg)0.10ln(4 + 1)0.1609
OpenLibrary ratings (count)0.10ln(21 + 1)0.3091
Total3.5476
Note: NYT Mentions are adjusted by title complexity (a score based on word rarity).
Adjustment factor: 1.0 (complexity score ≥100,000), 0.1 (≥10,000), or 0.01(<10,000).
Higher complexity scores indicate more distinctive titles that are less likely to produce false-positive NYT matches.

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OpenLibrary Rating: 4.00 / 5(21 ratings)

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