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A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age

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Winner of the Neumann Prize for the History of Mathematics

"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 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 himsel...