How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age
by Jimmy Soni
Recommended by 4 notable people, including Linda Xie and Preston Pysh
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Winner of the Neumann Prize for the History of MathematicsNamed 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 & Goodman?s 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 ...
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