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A Mind At Play - How Claude Shannon Invented The Information Age (Paperback): Jimmy Soni, Rob Goodman

A Mind At Play - How Claude Shannon Invented The Information Age (Paperback)

Jimmy Soni, Rob Goodman

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Winner of the Neumann Prize for the History of Mathematics.

In their second collaboration, biographers Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman present the story of Claude Shannon—one of the foremost intellects of the twentieth century and the architect of the Information Age, whose insights stand behind every computer built, email sent, video streamed, and webpage loaded. Claude Shannon was a groundbreaking polymath, a brilliant tinkerer, and a digital pioneer. He constructed the first wearable computer, outfoxed Vegas casinos, and built juggling robots. He also wrote the seminal text of the digital revolution, which has been called “the Magna Carta of the Information Age.”

In this elegantly written, exhaustively researched biography, Soni and Goodman reveal Claude Shannon’s full story for the first time. With unique access to Shannon’s family and friends, A Mind at Play brings this singular innovator and always playful genius to life.

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Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Release date: July 2018
Authors: Jimmy Soni • Rob Goodman
Dimensions: 211 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 978-1-4767-6669-0
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering
Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > History of engineering & technology
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Information theory > General
Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering
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LSN: 1-4767-6669-X
Barcode: 9781476766690

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