“A charming account of one of the twentieth century’s most distinguished scientists…Readers will enjoy this portrait of a modern-day Da Vinci.” -Fortune Claude Shannon's inventive, vibrant life demonstrates how vital the act of play can be to making the most of work." -Inc. "A Mind at Play shows us that you don't need to be a genius to learn from a genius. "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 "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
They summon the right level of awe while stopping short of hyperbole." -Financial Times "Soni and Goodman are at their best when they invoke the wonder an idea can instill. "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 **Named a best book of the year by Bloomberg and Nature** Winner of the Neumann Prize for the History of Mathematics
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