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Claude Elwood Shannon selected writings

 Collection
Identifier: MC-0386

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

This selection of Shannon's writings on subjects such as computers, communications theory, and telecommunications was made by Neil James Alexander Sloane and Aaron D. Wyner when they edited Shannon's collected papers for the publication Claude Elwood Shannon: Collected Papers (New York: IEEE Press, c1993). These papers were not published in that edition but were placed at MIT by the editors to complement the IEEE volume. The collection includes a complete bibliography of Shannon's writings.

Dates

  • Creation: 1940 - 1982

Creator

Access note

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Biography

Elwood Shannon, 1916-2001, B.S. in electrical engineering and mathematics, 1936, University of Michigan; S.M. in electrical engineering and Ph.D. in mathematics, 1940, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), worked as a research mathematician at Bell Telephone Laboratories from 1941 to 1956. While at Bell Laboratories, he helped lay the foundation for information theory. He was appointed professor of communications science at MIT in 1957. He retired in 1979 as Donner Professor of Science emeritus.

Extent

0.3 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box)

Language of Materials

English

Location

Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.

Related Materials

Claude Elwood Shannon: Collected Papers, edited by Neil James Alexander Sloane and Aaron D. Wyner (New York : IEEE Press, c1993)

Processing Information note

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Title
Preliminary Inventory to Claude Elwood Shannon selected writings
Status
Ready For Review
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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