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Claude Shannon

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Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist and cryptographer known as the "father of information theory". He is credited alongside George Boole for laying the foundations of the Information Age.As a 21-year-old master's degree student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he wrote his thesis demonstrating that electrical applications of Boolean algebra could construct any logical numerical relationship. Shannon contributed to the field of cryptanalysis for national defense of the United States during World War II, including his fundamental work on codebreaking and secure telecommunications. His mathematical theory of information laid the foundation for the field of information theory.

Claude Shannon - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:   "Claude Shannon"  –  news   · newspapers   · books   · scholar   · JSTOR ( April 2026 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) American mathematician (1916–2001) Claude Shannon Shannon c.  1950s Born Claude Elwood Shannon ( 1916-04-30 ) April 30, 1916 Petoskey, Michigan

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