Episode · a16z Podcast · 2017-08-03
Books mentioned on a16z Podcast: From Mind at Play to Making the Information Age
with Jimmy Soni, Rob Goodman, and Steven Sinofsky Modern technology owes much to the introduction of the binary digit or "bit", first proposed by Claude Shannon in "A Mathematical Theory of Communication”, a paper published in 1948.
Steven Sinofsky discussed The Mathematical Theory of Communication by Claude E Shannon and others. Also mentioned: A Mind at Play by Jimmy Soni and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A Mind at Play
A Mind at Play by Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman is a comprehensive biography celebrating the life and intellectual legacy of Claude Shannon, the brilliant mathematician who laid the foundational groundwork for the Information Age.
Discussed“This conversation is moderated by a 16 Z board partner Steven Sinofsky with special guests Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman authors of a new biography of Shannon just out called a mind app play”
Where to get it
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The Mathematical Theory of Communication
Discussed“one of my the things I loved that I didn't know was that the two first two papers were called a mathematical theory of communication and then when he went to write his own book he changed it to the mathematical theory of communication”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Alice in Wonderland
“he probably doesn't describe himself as having a first-rate scientific mind but he's someone who loves literature he collects translations of Alice in Wonderland he supposedly can identify a wine varietals by tasting”