A Mind at Play

by Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman · 2017

A biography of Claude Shannon, tracing his work on information theory alongside his experiments, inventions, and playful approach to problems.

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Co-author of A Mind at Play, a biography of information-theory pioneer Claude Shannon.

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Co-author of A Mind at Play, a biography of information-theory pioneer Claude Shannon.

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