Jimmy Soni has served as an editor at The New York Observer and the Washington Examiner and as managing editor of Huffington Post. He is a former speechwriter, and his written work and commentary have appeared in Slate, The Atlantic, and CNN, among other outlets. He is a graduate of Duke University. With Rob Goodman, he is the coauthor of Rome’s Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar, and A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age.
发表于2024-05-06
A Mind at Play 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
看标题,既然是传记,就应该围绕传主一生最重要的成果——信息论,特别是信息论的由来和此前的历程。但是香农青年得志,而整部传记用力却是均匀分布的,在发表了信息论以后,又讲了很多,有趣,却与标题无关。 再看英文原题,明白了。原题是 A Mind at Play ,全文正是围绕这...
评分 评分有一位无神论者, 在学校工作的时候,从不考虑这个问题有无实际价值,只考虑这个问题好不好玩;从不考虑问题有无学术价值,只考虑这个问题好不好玩。带学生的时候,不考虑能否毕业,只考虑这个问题好不好玩,但提供思考的角度和非同寻常的看问题深度。 在公司上班的时候,从不...
评分提起香农,或许很多人都会感到陌生,可是,说到他的理论带来的福利——清晰的电话通信、浏览网页,...每个人都十分熟悉。香农( Claude Shannon, 1916-2001 )是信息论之父,这一理论引领人们进入了信息时代。其实,书中还介绍了香农在信息论之前的另一项伟大成果:将布尔函数引...
图书标签: 传记 信息论 Shannon 英文原版 计算机 数学和计算机 计算机科学 英文
In their second collaboration, biographers Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman present the story of Claude Shannon—one of the foremost intellects of the twentieth century and the architect of the Information Age, whose insights stand behind every computer built, email sent, video streamed, and webpage loaded. Claude Shannon was a groundbreaking polymath, a brilliant tinkerer, and a digital pioneer. He constructed the first wearable computer, outfoxed Vegas casinos, and built juggling robots. He also wrote the seminal text of the digital revolution, which has been called “the Magna Carta of the Information Age.” In this elegantly written, exhaustively researched biography, Soni and Goodman reveal Claude Shannon’s full story for the first time. With unique access to Shannon’s family and friends, A Mind at Play brings this singular innovator and always playful genius to life.
Claude Shannon传,作为一个不爱显摆,比较封闭的人,他的传记其实不好写,因为难以进入他的内心世界。Shannon的厉害之处在于与生俱来的好奇心、游戏心态,以及超强的抽象能力。不管是读书、工作,还是教学,从不计较结果,只在乎这个问题是否好玩,即使开辟了一个新领域,如果不如以前好玩也会主动退出。在他追求兴趣的同时,有幸遇到了过去一百年最聪明的一群人,不过也是因为内向,除少数人之外他与多数人并没有深入合作。晚年患阿尔茨海默症,不再能思考,令人感伤。
评分咱的祖师爷,必须读。伟大的数学家和工程师。看到后面他患阿尔茨海默症后的生活,眼里不禁泛出泪花。虽然不少故事我都知道,但仍不失为一本很好的传记。
评分咱的祖师爷,必须读。伟大的数学家和工程师。看到后面他患阿尔茨海默症后的生活,眼里不禁泛出泪花。虽然不少故事我都知道,但仍不失为一本很好的传记。
评分幾年前工作時偶然看到一家上海硬盤製造企業名字中就有「香濃」一詞,當時就問同事Alex此君是誰,被告知是天才式人物,後來維基百科後方知此君過人之處。拜讀其傳記才知此君是現在科技發展幕後功臣,功勳遠在蓋茨、喬布斯之上,卻不被大眾所熟知。此君畢生在好奇中探索並為之而樂此不疲,終其一生,碩果累累。自建國伊始,大學及科研機構奠定了美國繁榮之基石,時至今日仍日益精進,一騎絕塵。
评分THE Beautiful Mind.
A Mind at Play 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书