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Shannon was pretty ridiculous. He basically invented information theory, proved all the major theorems involved, and applied it to communications and error-corr
by rcxdude 3y ago
Shannon was pretty ridiculous. He basically invented information theory, proved all the major theorems involved, and applied it to communications and error-correction codes. If you work in RF you can't do much without encountering his work. (It did take a while before anyone figured out how to get close in practice to the limits he proved, though)
- scrlk 3y agoAnd before his work on information theory, his master's thesis showed that Boolean algebra could be used to design digital circuits and invented logic gates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Symbolic_Analysis_of_Relay_and_Switching_Circuits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Symbolic_Analysis_of_Relay_a... https://spectrum.ieee.org/claude-shannon-information-theory https://spectrum.ieee.org/claude-shannon-information-theory One of the all time greats.