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Anyone interested in Shannon might enjoy reading Fortune’s Formula, a book that ties together Claude Shannon, Bell Labs, and information theory with horse racin
by loosetypes 6y ago
Anyone interested in Shannon might enjoy reading Fortune’s Formula, a book that ties together Claude Shannon, Bell Labs, and information theory with horse racing, Vegas, and the stock market.
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- arawde 6y agoand for more of a focus on Bell Labs, with a good chapter abuot Shannon, The Idea Factory is a wonderful read
- cgh 6y agoThanks for this recommendation. I just bought the book. Years ago, I read Poundstone's "The Recursive Universe" and loved it so his writing combined with this subject should be great.