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Claude Shannon

Claude Shannon

American mathematician and information theorist

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Is a
Person
Person
Academic
Academic
Also Known As
Claude Elwood Shannon
Author of
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By Claude E Shannon ; Warren Weaver [ Mathematical Theory of Communication. By Oct-1963 Paperback
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Automata studies W.R. Ashby Edited by C.E. Shannon and J. McCarthy
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Zi dong ji yan jiu
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Awards Received
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2004 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee
Citizenship
United States
United States
Birthdate
April 30, 1916
Date of Death
February 24, 2001
Doctoral Advisor
Vannevar Bush
Vannevar Bush
Doctoral Students
Danny Hillis
Danny Hillis
Ivan Sutherland
Ivan Sutherland
Educated at
University of Michigan
University of Michigan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Gaylord High School
Google Scholar ID
2M6S-aAAAAAJ
ISNI
0000000114426158
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Notable Work
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A Mathematical Theory of Communication
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A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits
Entropy (information theory)
Entropy (information theory)
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Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem
Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem
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Shannon–Hartley theorem
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Whittaker–Shannon interpolation formula
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Shannon switching game
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Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems
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Shannon's source coding theorem
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Boole's expansion theorem
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Occupation
Geneticist
Geneticist
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Inventor
Engineer
Engineer
Computer scientist
Computer scientist
Mathematician
Mathematician
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Biologist
Scientist
Scientist
Author
Author
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Writer
Writer
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Open Library ID
OL302440A
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Birthplace
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Petoskey, Michigan
Place of Death
Medford, Massachusetts
Medford, Massachusetts
Twitter URL
@BitPlayerMovie
VIAF
41924253
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Wikidata ID
Q92760

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