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

A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age runs 11.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jonathan Yen (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.9listening hrs
Biography & Memoirstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age is an audiobook by Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Yen, released July 18, 2017, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.9 hrs
Narrated by
Jonathan Yen
Released
July 18, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Biography & Memoir
ISBN
9781541474642

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age as an audiobook?

A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.

Is A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age?

A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age is narrated by Jonathan Yen.

Is A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 4 hours.