Claude Shannon and Theseus — a mouse w/ copper whiskers, a telephone switch brain, and relentless determination (1950)
Perhaps most delightful was Shannon’s persistent desire to bring playfulness into his work... a rare and often underappreciated virtue!
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highly recommend Shannon’s bio >> A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age amazon.com/dp/B01M5IJN1P/ by

