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Claude Shannon.

Mathematician who founded modern information theory and quantified message uncertainty.

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Shannon Entropy

A fair binary event carries more uncertainty than one that almost always repeats.

Information & SignalsProbability

Discussed by Claude Shannon

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Noisy Channel

Repeating a bit can overcome some errors but uses extra capacity.

Information & SignalsComplex Systems

Discussed by Claude Shannon

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