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Claude E. Shannon

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Profession
Inventor
Died
Feb 24, 2001
Zodiac
Taurus
Born in
Petoskey MI
About
His revolutionary theory of information united what before were completely separate methods of communication - the telegraph, telephone, and broadcast media. He also helped develop the field of cryptanalysis, while working towards national defense during World War II.
Family
He was born in Petoskey, Michigan, his father a judge and his mother a teacher.

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