A Mind at Play
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A Mind at Play
| Full title | A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age |
|---|---|
| Author | Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman |
| Published | 2017 |
| Pages | 375 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | The Soni and Goodman biography of Claude Shannon — the Bell Labs mathematician whose 1948 paper made information a measurable quantity and every later digital system possible. |
Where I heard about it
- @oprydai — recommended it on X in September 2025: “this book tells the story of claude shannon; the genius who invented information theory and quietly built the foundation of the information age.”
Connections
- Claude Shannon — the subject.
- Information Theory — the field the book is about the founding of.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.