A Mind at Play A Mind at Play The Brilliant Life of Claude Shannon, Inventor of the Information Age Jimmy Sonni ; Rob Goodman Amberley2018Paperback384pp232x156mm 9781445682778 Product Code: 511343 Details One of the key thinkers of the computer age, Claude Shannon worked as a cryptanalyst during the Second World War and his contributions to digital circ... DetailsBackDetailsOne of the key thinkers of the computer age, Claude Shannon worked as a cryptanalyst during the Second World War and his contributions to digital circuit design and information theory in the 1930s and 1940s made modern computing possible. This biography explores his life, academic achievements and influential personal projects, such as a maze-solving mouse (one of the first experiments in artificial intelligence) and the first design for a chess-playing computer.Read moreRead less publ £16.99now £6.99 Qty Qty123 Add to Basket CategoriesBiography (all)BiographyMathematicsScienceTagsBiographyMathematicsResearch & information: generalSocial & cultural history