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Free Claude Shannon Documentary Online

Posted by timothy on from the real-media-only-though dept.

sensui writes "Today we take DVD, cellphones for granted. Here is a nice documentary produced by UCSD-TV that helps us to remember who's the man behind all the fundamental theoretical work that truly enabled the information age. This documentary has recently won an biography award. Hope that can remind us this is not just what Bell Lab has been known for." Note: the entire documentary, not just a teaser, is available here, but only in RealMedia format.

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  1. The Father of Information Theory by Stridar · · Score: 4, Informative

    Claude Shannon was a great engineer and theorist. His seminal work, "The Mathematiccal Theory of Communication" created the field of information theory. Even though it was the first complete treatment of information theory, and is over fifty years old, it is still a good read for the mathematically inclined. You can obtain a reprint of this paper at the Bell labs website .