Saturday, December 23, 2017

New Books

NEW BOOKS

A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age
author | Jimmy Soni, Rob Goodman

a-mind-at-play-coverA key figure in the development of digital technology has his achievements, if not his personality, burnished in this enlightening biography. Journalists Soni and Goodman, authors of Rome’s Last Citizen, explore Claude Shannon’s breakthroughs as a scientist at MIT and Bell Labs in the 1930s and ’40s in electronics and telecommunications. His noteworthy discoveries include a … more…


Envisioning Holograms: Design Breakthrough Experiences for Mixed Reality
author | M. Pell

envisioning-holograms-coverExplore the approach, techniques, and mindshift needed to design truly breakthrough experiences for the Microsoft HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality platform. Learn what’s so different about working with holograms, how to think spatially, and where to start designing your own holographic projects. You’ll move rapidly from initial concept to persuasive prototype—all without the need for …more…

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