A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (514 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1541404645 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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That work allowed scientists to measure and manipulate information as objectively as any physical object. It's the story of a small-town boy from Michigan whose career stretched from the age of room-sized computers powered by gears and string to the age of the Apple desktop. With access to Shannon's family and friends, A Mind At Play explores the life and times of this singular innovator and creative genius.. It's the story of the origins of information in the tunnels of MIT and the "idea factory" of Bell Labs, in the "scientists' war" with Nazi Germany, and in the work of Shannon's collaborators and rivals.
Soni and Goodman open an engrossing window onto what a mind hard at work can do." ---Publishers Weekly . "Lucid and fascinating
Rob Goodman has written speeches and opinion pieces that have appeared on the floors of both houses of Congress, on national television and radio, and in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal.Jimmy Soni is the managing editor of the Huffington Post and a former speechwriter whose writing and commentary have appeared in the Atlantic online and on NPR, among other outlets.Jonathan Yen
"Omnivorous Curiosity" according to David Wineberg. 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 about his groundbreaking, earth-shaking realization that all communication, from voice to music to documents to photos – is all data and could be treated the same way. Without this insight, I could not post this review today. But there was no way to get my fill of Claude Shannon – no biog. Andy in Washington said The Man Who Made It All Possible. If you are reading this on any sort of electronic gadget, thank Claude Shannon. Though never as famous as some of his colleagues, Shannon was responsible for the mathematics and logic that made modern electronics possible. He was, like many geniuses, somewhat of an aloof and difficult character, and didn’t go out of his way to seek publicity.=== The Good Stuff ===* I don’t suppose there is any such thing as an “intimate portrait” of Claude Shannon. He simply wasn’t that type of man. Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman do about as credible a job as possible of peering through. A brilliant mind I needed to meet Despite likely being the most brilliant man you've never heard of with the most comprehensive unknown impact on the advancement of technology, Claude Shannon, star of Jimmie Sonni and Rob Goodman's A Mind at Play (Simon and Schuster 2017), was by all accounts a normal kid through high school and college. Sure, he could send Morse code with his body (you'll have to read the book to see how that's accomplished) and he had a passion for solving complex math problems most people couldn't even read, but that changed when he was discovered by a string of mentors who helped him focus his intellect