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Claude E. Shannon Dead at 85

Posted by michael on from the no-funny-comment-here dept.

Multics writes "It is with considerable sadness I report the death of the parent of Information Theory -- Claude Shannon. Here is his obituary over at Bell Labs. He was 85."

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  1. Old scientists never die... by gattaca · · Score: 5

    ...they just descend into a state of increasing disorder.