16/08/2017

The Man Who Built The Chess Machine

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The Man Who Built The Chess Machine

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16.08.2017, 09:00 12 Schachspieler
By Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni
If anyone has a claim to be considered the founder of the information age, Claude Shannon does. In his groundbreaking work at the intersections of mathematics, engineering, and computer science, Shannon (1916-2001) laid the theoretical groundwork that made modern digital computers possible.
He also inaugurated the field of information theory, inventing the bit—or the objective measure of information—and describing the digital codes that would make it possible for engineers to compress and accurately transmit information. The internet itself rests on the intellectual foundations that Shannon laid.