The scientist Claude E. Shannon

Claude E. Shannon

Living place: Petoskey

Birthday: 30-4-1916

Population of US 1916: 101,961,000

Global rank: #23344

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Who is The scientist Claude E. Shannon?
His revolutionary theory of information merges what were before completely separate methods of communication - telegraph, telephone, and broadcast media. He also helped develop the field of cryptanalysis, while working towards the defense of the Fatherland during World War II.
He was one of the first scientists to determine the amount of information, using measurement units known as binary numbers, which are also known as bits.
 
 

Young / Before famous

At the age of 22, he entered M. I.T. he wrote his master's thesis showing how to apply 19th century algebra to modern electronic switching.

Family life info

He was born in Petoskey, Michigan, to his father a judge and his mother a teacher.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling The scientist Claude E. Shannon?
He grew up admiring Thomas Edison, and later discovered he was distantly related to him: both were descendants of a colonial leader.

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When was The scientist Claude E. Shannon born?
Claude E. Shannon was born in 30-4-1916, death year is , at the age of 108.
Where is The scientist Claude E. Shannon's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Claude E. Shannon was born in Petoskey, Michigan- United States. is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Claude E. Shannon's global rank is 23344 and whose rank is 49 in list of famous The scientist. Population of US in 1916 is about 101,961,000 persons.
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Events in 1916 and 30-4

Events in US in the birth year of Claude E. Shannon

  • Congress authorizes a plan to expand the U.S. armed forces over the next five years (June).
  • Montana voters elect 36-year-old Republican Jeannette Rankin, the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress.
  • U.S. National Park Service in the Department of the Interior is created by act of Congress (Aug. 20).
  • Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic in the country at 46 Amboy St., Brooklyn.

Birthday Claude E. Shannon (30-4) in history

  • Day 30-4 year 1803: France sold Louisiana and adjoining lands to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
  • Day 30-4 year 1812: Louisiana became the 18th state in the United States.
  • Day 30-4 year 1939: U.S. commercial television made its official debut at the New York World’s Fair.The signal was transmitted from the Empire State Building.
  • Day 30-4 year 1945: Adolf Hitler and his newly married mistress Eva Braun committed suicide.
  • Day 30-4 year 1948: The Organization of American States held its first meeting in Bogotá, Colombia.
  • Day 30-4 year 1975: The Vietnam War ended with South Vietnam's surrender to North Vietnam.
  • Day 30-4 year 1991: Over 131,000 were killed and as many as 9 million left homeless when a cyclone struck Bangladesh.
  • Day 30-4 year 2003: Libya accepted responsibility for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
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