A Mind at Play : How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age (Hardcover)

from TeaTimeCoder

The book excitedly repeats itself, fawning over the subject matter. The guy is amazing, I know, that's why I even considered reading this. I know it's just a biography but it's too light on Shannon's technical work.

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Claude Shannon lived a life of curiosity. I enjoyed the chapters mentioning about Bell Labs. I would recommend this book to Information theory, CS, Mathematicians or people looking to understand Scientists Deus Vult Gottfried

from tgraettinger

I enjoyed this biography of the life of Claude Shannon, and in the process, I learned more about his lesser-known accomplishments: the first wearable computer, his works on chess (including a chess-playing "computer") and cryptography, and his early work on digital logic. His eccentricities also ...

from DavidWineberg

For years, I have been reading references to Claude Shannon because of his involvement in so many critical developments in science, communications, Bell Labs, and even the stock market. About his sense of humor or his riding a unicycle through Bell Labs - while juggling (a favorite hobby). And ab...

from DavidWineberg

For years, I have been reading references to Claude Shannon because of his involvement in so many critical developments in science, communications, Bell Labs, and even the stock market. About his sense of humor or his riding a unicycle through Bell Labs - while juggling (a favorite hobby). And ab...