Claude Shannon
Claude Shannon
Claude Elwood Shannonwas an American mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer known as "the father of information theory"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth30 April 1916
CityPetoskey, MI
CountryUnited States of America
Claude Shannon quotes about
bulbs contracted harder light reactions staring
by staring at light bulbs during games. The light contracted his pupils, making his reactions harder to read.
time past knows
We know the past but cannot control it. We control the future but cannot know it.
information resolution uncertainty
Information is the #resolution of uncertainty.
communication fundamentals messages
The fundamental problem of communication is that of reproducing at one point either exactly or approximately a message selected at another point.
interesting problem elegance
I am very seldom interested in applications. I am more interested in the elegance of a problem. Is it a good problem, an interesting problem?