Claude Shannon

The founder of information theory, who measured the bit and proved the limits of communication.

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1916 – 2001

Core Principles & Analysis

• His 1937 thesis applied Boolean algebra to circuits, founding digital design.
• The 1948 Mathematical Theory of Communication defined entropy and the channel capacity theorem.
• He also built a juggling robot, a chess machine, and the famous Theseus maze-solving mouse.