Title :
Claude Shannon: Mastermind of Information Theory
Author_Institution :
NITRD
Abstract :
Claude Shannon helped create the digital IT revolution by contributing to both digital computing and digital communications. Learn about Shannon´s contributions to digital circuit theory and information theory and the connection he initiated between information and physics.
Keywords :
Biographies; Cryptography; History; Information theory; Shannon, Claude; Claude Shannon; cryptography; digital communications; digital computing; history of computing; information technology; scientific computing;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2014.87
