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Claude Shannon was a tinkerer, a lively wunderkind, a groundbreaking polymath, and an electronic pioneer whose insights made the Information Age possible. He made fire-breathing trumpets and custom-made unicycles, outfoxed Vegas casinos, and built juggling robots, but he also composed the seminal words of the Digital Revolution. That work allowed scientists to assess and change information as objectively as any physical subject. His work gave mathematicians and technical engineers the various tools to bring that world to pass. Now, Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman bring Claude Shannon's tale to life. It is the story of any small-town son from Michigan whose job stretched from the age of room-sized computers powered by gears and string to the age of the Apple desktop. It is the tale of the roots of information in the tunnels of MIT and the "idea manufacturing plant" of Bell Labs, in the "scientists' war" with Nazi Germany, and in the work of Shannon's collaborators and rivals. It's the tale of Shannon's life as an often reclusive, always lively genius. With usage of Shannon's family and friends, A Mind at Play explores the life and times of this singular innovator and creative genius.
