Information is the amount of uncertainty which can be resolved by reading a message - a concept developed by Claude Shannon, mathematician, engineer and father of the field of information technology, which has made communication via everything from phones to computers possible.
Information in Shannon's lexicon has not so much to do with the content of information as it does to do with the degree to which it creates order and reduces randomness. Because of his work, information came to be seen as being measurable, like mass and density, and having mathematical properties. Shannon is the one who gave us the concept of "bytes" of information or memory.
://www.amazon.com/Mind-Play-Shannon-Invented-Information/dp/1476766681
Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman have just published a new biography A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age. This little known genius was modest about his accomplishments, which have affected just about every aspect of our lives today.
Given the glut of ridiculous information coming out of the White House and manipulation of information, this seems at the moment a curse. Yet the power of information will out and the truth of the history unfolding before us will out, thanks in part to our ability to access information with such ease.
Information in Shannon's lexicon has not so much to do with the content of information as it does to do with the degree to which it creates order and reduces randomness. Because of his work, information came to be seen as being measurable, like mass and density, and having mathematical properties. Shannon is the one who gave us the concept of "bytes" of information or memory.
://www.amazon.com/Mind-Play-Shannon-Invented-Information/dp/1476766681
Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman have just published a new biography A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age. This little known genius was modest about his accomplishments, which have affected just about every aspect of our lives today.
Given the glut of ridiculous information coming out of the White House and manipulation of information, this seems at the moment a curse. Yet the power of information will out and the truth of the history unfolding before us will out, thanks in part to our ability to access information with such ease.
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