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Ladataan... A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age (2017)Tekijä: Jimmy Soni, Rob Goodman
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Consider this, you send an email to a client or a friend. This email hopefully contains something we call “meaning.” That is to say, we can understand what is being said. The words and sentences are in a structure that conveys a message. Now, this might seem a bit abstract, but when dealing with the core of information theory, you have to be precise in your speech. Even now, I can probably infer a number of other things from this sentence that are not what I mean. That is just a small modicum of what Claude Elwood Shannon managed to do with not just one message, but all possible communications. We are in the middle of what would be called the Information Age. Information and its transmission and receipt are what major companies make their fortunes on. All of this was the culmination of Shannon’s efforts. This biography by Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman covers all of that and more. Explained in plain English with some jargon thrown in, this book is a fascinating stroll through the major points of Shannon’s life and times. From growing up in a small town in Michigan to his time at MIT and Princeton, nothing is overlooked. By actually quantifying information, engineers could use it in new ways. It used to be that the only way to be heard was by shouting, that is, by adding more power to the transmission. Shannon discovered that many of the languages we use have built-in redundancy. This allows us to be understood within the language. I really enjoyed this book. It was informative and entertaining. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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Claude Shannon was a tinkerer, a playful wunderkind, a groundbreaking polymath, and a digital pioneer whose insights made the Information Age possible. He constructed fire-breathing trumpets and customized unicycles, outfoxed Vegas casinos, and built juggling robots, but he also wrote the seminal text of the digital revolution. That work allowed scientists to measure and manipulate information as objectively as any physical object. His work gave mathematicians and engineers the tools to bring that world to pass. Now, Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman bring Claude Shannon's story to life. It's the story of a small-town boy from Michigan whose career stretched from the age of room-sized computers powered by gears and string to the age of the Apple desktop. It's the story of the origins of information in the tunnels of MIT and the "idea factory" of Bell Labs, in the "scientists' war" with Nazi Germany, and in the work of Shannon's collaborators and rivals. It's the story of Shannon's life as an often reclusive, always playful genius. With access to Shannon's family and friends, A Mind At Play explores the life and times of this singular innovator and creative genius. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Have you ever noticed static noise on your telephone calls? If you can't think of the last time there was a scratchy sound coming through your earpiece, thank Claude Shannon. ( )