• 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