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Hands down, the most fascinating book I read in 2021 (and I will have read for a long time!) is "The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood" by James Gleick:
by beltsazar 5y ago
Hands down, the most fascinating book I read in 2021 (and I will have read for a long time!) is "The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood" by James Gleick: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1400096235 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1400096235
Those who have a computer science background will almost definitely love the book. It connects many dots that are previously seemingly unrelated. My jaw dropped for literally every few pages of most chapters.
- victorbstan 5y agoI didn’t read it this year, but can confirm 10/10 would read again.
- micmankos 5y agoClaude Shannon had quite the mind. "A Mind at Play" is a good book on Shannon's life and "The Bit Player" is a good partner movie to watch :) "A Mathematical Theory of Communication" and "A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits" paved the way for much of modern computing.
- d1str0 5y agoA Mind At Play was fantastic. :)