{"product_id":"a-mind-at-play-how-claude-shannon-invented-the-information-age-9781476766683","title":"A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Neumann Prize for the History of Mathematics  Named a best book of the year by Bloomberg and Nature  Best of 2017 by The Morning Sun  \"We owe Claude Shannon a lot  and Soni \u0026amp; Goodmans book takes a big first step in paying that debt.\" San Francisco Review of Books  \"Soni and Goodman are at their best when they invoke the wonder an idea can instill. They summon the right level of awe while stopping short of hyperbole.\" Financial Times  \"Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman make a convincing case for their subtitle while reminding us that Shannon never made this claim himself.\" The Wall Street Journal  \"Soni and Goodman have done their research...A Mind at Play reveals the remarkable human behind some of the most important theoretical and practical contributions to the information age.\" Nature  \"A Mind at Play shows us that you dont need to be a genius to learn from a genius. Claude Shannons inventive  vibrant life demonstrates how vital the act of play can be to making the most of work.\" Inc.  A charming account of one of the twentieth centurys most distinguished scientistsReaders will enjoy this portrait of a modern-day Da Vinci. Fortune  In their second collaboration  biographers Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman present the story of Claude Shannonone of the foremost intellects of the twentieth century and the architect of the Information Age  whose insights stand behind every computer built  email sent  video streamed  and webpage loaded. Claude Shannon was a groundbreaking polymath  a brilliant tinkerer  and a digital pioneer. He constructed the first wearable computer  outfoxed Vegas casinos  and built juggling robots. He also wrote the seminal text of the digital revolution  which has been called the Magna Carta of the Information Age. In this elegantly written  exhaustively researched biography  Soni and Goodman reveal Claude Shannons full story for the first time. With unique access to Shannons family and friends  A Mind at Play brings this singular innovator and always playful genius to life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651759988789,"sku":"ByrdShop_1476766681","price":38.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781476766683.jpg?v=1781839849","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-mind-at-play-how-claude-shannon-invented-the-information-age-9781476766683","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}