In Leisure Time
Dr. Arvind Krishna shares with us his most preferred leisure activity - reading. He talks about his most favorite book and how it has influenced him.
The Mathematical Theory of Communication by Claude Shannon has mattered a great deal to me at various moments of my life. It has shaped my thinking and worldview. Its lessons are enduring as I constantly refer back to it and learn something new with each pass.
The Mathematical Theory of Communication by Claude Shannon: This is the magna carta of the information age. Every computer built, email sent, and video streamed bears a debt to Claude Shannon. Just as physicists subjected the sway of a pendulum and the orbits of the planets to the same laws, Claude Shannon made our world possible by getting at the essence of information. That ability to decompose something down to its basics is a lesson that has stayed with me whether I look at the fundamentals of a complex business like IBM or solve a deep technological problem.
