A Mind at Play
The Brilliant Life of Claude Shannon, Inventor of the Information Age
$43.75
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2018
Summary
This is the extraordinary story of the little-known man who influenced very computer built, email sent, video streamed, and webpage loaded. He wrote the seminal text of the digital revolution, which has been called ‘the Magna Carta of the Information Age.’ His discoveries would lead contemporaries to compare him to Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton. His work anticipated by decades the world we’d be living in today and gave mathematicians and engineers the tools to bring that world to pass. His career stretched from the era of room-sized computers powered by gears and string to the age of Apple. His life shows us the origins of our digital world: in the ‘idea factory’ of Bell Labs, in the ‘scientists’ war’ with Nazi Germany, and in the work of Shannon’s collaborators and rivals, including Alan Turing. And it’s the story of Shannon’s life as an often private, playful genius. With access to Shannon’s family and friends, A MIND AT PLAY brings this singular innovator and creative genius to life.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781445682778 |
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| ISBN-10: | 144568277X |
| Author: | Rob Goodman, Jimmy Sonni |
| Publisher: | Amberley Publishing |
| Imprint: | Amberley Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2018 |
| Weight: | 515g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
‘A long overdue, insightful and humane portrait of this eccentric and towering genius.’
‘A long overdue, insightful and humane portrait of this eccentric and towering genius.’ – Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of STEVE JOBs
‘A welcome and inspiring account of a largely unsung hero - unsung because, the authors suggest, he accomplished something so fundamental that it’s difficult to imagine a world without it.’ * Kirkus Reviews *
‘An exceptionally elegant and authoritative portrait… Sonni and Goodman’s elucidations of Claude Shannon’s theories are gems of conciseness and clarity.’ – Sylvia Nasar, author of the bestselling A BEAUTIFUL MIND, winner of the National Books Critics Award
Rob Goodman
Jimmy Sonni has worked as an editor at The New York Observer and The Washington Examiner and as a speechwriter. His writing and commentary have appeared in Slate, The Atlantic, and CNN. Rob Goodman is a doctoral candidate at Columbia University and a former congressional speechwriter. He has written for Slate, The Atlantic, Politico Magazine and The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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