The Mathematical Theory of Communication

Claude E. Shannon info, Warren Weaver info

First published 1949

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The founding of information theory.

1916–2001 · American mathematician and information theorist

Profession: Computer scientist, Mathematician, Professor
Worked at: Bell Labs, IAS Princeton, MIT
Studied at: MIT, University of Michigan
Studied under: Frank Lauren Hitchcock, Vannevar Bush
Prizes: National Medal of Science (1966), Kyoto Prize (1985), IEEE Medal of Honor (1966), Harvey Prize (1972), Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1991), Noble Prize (1939), IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award (1949), Stuart Ballantine Medal (1955), Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1963), Claude E. Shannon Award (1972), Edwin Howard Armstrong Achievement Award (1973), Harold Pender Award (1978), John Fritz Medal (1983), Marconi Prize (2000)

Rode a unicycle through Bell Labs corridors, sometimes while juggling.

1894–1978 · American mathematician

Profession: Computer scientist, Mathematician, Statistician, Professor
Worked at: Caltech, University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States Air Force, Rockefeller Foundation
Studied at: University of Wisconsin–Madison
Prizes: Fellow of the American Physical Society (1944), NAS Public Welfare Medal (1957), Kalinga Prize (1964)

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