A Mind at Play
How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age
by Jimmy Soni
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“@DrJackKruse Thanks for sharing your comment. I'm not sure if you're a Shannon fan, but I read a really good book called, A Mind At Plan. The author, @jimmyasoni, did a great job with it. | @ljxie @simondlr @vntrp @JamesGleick i LOVED both books you guys are talking about. | @simondlr @vntrp @JamesGleick A Mind at Play is a great read too if you haven't checked out yet! | PS/ Jimmy’s last book (coauthor w/ Rob Goodman) was also fantastic—“A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age” Perhaps enjoy this podcast we did together:”
Source →“@DrJackKruse Thanks for sharing your comment. I'm not sure if you're a Shannon fan, but I read a really good book called, A Mind At Plan. The author, @jimmyasoni, did a great job with it. | @ljxie @simondlr @vntrp @JamesGleick i LOVED both books you guys are talking about. | @simondlr @vntrp @JamesGleick A Mind at Play is a great read too if you haven't checked out yet! | PS/ Jimmy’s last book (coauthor w/ Rob Goodman) was also fantastic—“A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age” Perhaps enjoy this podcast we did together:”
Source →Recommended by 4 notable people, including Linda Xie and Preston Pysh
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Recommended by 6 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Science, and History.
Winner of the Neumann Prize for the History of MathematicsNamed a best book of the year by Bloomberg and Nature 'Best of 2017' by The Morning Sun "We owe Claude Shannon a lot, and Soni & Goodman?s book takes a big first step in paying that debt." ?San Francisco Review of Books "Soni and Goodman are at their best when they invoke the wonder ...
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Preston Pysh
“@DrJackKruse Thanks for sharing your comment. I'm not sure if you're a Shannon fan, but I read a really good book called, A Mind At Plan. The author, @jimmyasoni, did a great job with it. | @ljxie @simondlr @vntrp @JamesGleick i LOVED both books you guys are talking about. | @simondlr @vntrp @JamesGleick A Mind at Play is a great read too if you haven't checked out yet! | PS/ Jimmy’s last book (coauthor w/ Rob Goodman) was also fantastic—“A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age” Perhaps enjoy this podcast we did together:”
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