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Also Known As Claude Elwood Shannon
Born April 30, 1916 • Petoskey • Michigan
Died February 24, 2001 (aged 84) • Medford • Massachusetts
Notable Works “A Mathematical Theory of Communication” • “A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits”
Subjects Of Study information theory • digital circuit • continuous communication • entropy

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