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A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age
By Soni, Jimmy & Rob Goodman
- ISBN
- 9781476766683 9781476766706
- Publisher
- S. & S.
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Reviewed on June 1, 2017 | Science and Technology
Rather than limit their characterization of Claude Shannon (1916–2001) to his identity as the father of information theory, Soni, a former editor for the New York Observer and Washington Examiner, and Goodman, who has contributed to Slate, the Atlantic, and other publications (coauthors, Rome's Last Citizen), deftly illustrate how personality, humility, courage, and, above all, curiosity facilitated his historical contributions. In addition to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
