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A Mind at Play

How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age

by Jimmy Soni, Rob Goodman · 2017 · 384 pages

Bryan Johnson
Bryan Johnson
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About This Book

A comprehensive biography of Claude Shannon, the mathematician and engineer known as the father of information theory. The book explores his groundbreaking work at Bell Labs and MIT that laid the foundation for the digital age, while highlighting his eccentric personality and love for tinkering.

Book Details

Published

2017

Pages

384

Language

en

ISBN

9781476766683

Awards & Recognition

Neumann Prize for the History of Mathematics

Audiobook Available

11h 53m
Narrated by Jonathan Yen

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