DocumentCode
53184
Title
Claude Shannon: Mastermind of Information Theory
Author
Strawn, George
Author_Institution
NITRD
Volume
16
Issue
6
fYear
2014
fDate
Nov.-Dec. 2014
Firstpage
70
Lastpage
72
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
IT Professional
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1520-9202
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MITP.2014.87
Filename
6964910
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