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Wikipedia Entry: Claude Shannon

Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American polymath who was a mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, cryptographer, and inventor known as the "father of information theory", and the man who laid the foundations of the Information Age.

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What Do We Mean by Information? Seeing the bigger picture behind what we call information

We use the word information every day, yet it means different things in different contexts. From everyday language and Knowledge Management to communication theory and physics, there are many ways of understanding information. Seeing these different perspectives helps us think and communicate with greater clarity. Continue reading What Do We Mean by Information? Seeing the bigger picture behind what we call information