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Claude Shannon

Founded information theory, proving how to quantify communication and enabling modern digital signal processing and computing.

Claude Shannon's 1948 "A Mathematical Theory of Communication" established the field of information theory and introduced the bit as the basic unit of information.12 His work on switching circuits and cryptography laid foundations for digital computing and reliable data transmission.345

  References

  1. ieeexplore.ieee.org

  2. media.mit.edu

  3. mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk

  4. britannica.com

  5. en.wikipedia.org