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** <font color="magenta">Claude Shannon</font> (1916-2001): writes a Master's thesis at MIT in 1948, which states that any binary numerical computation can be performed using logic expressions and logic operators. "The whole digital revolution started with [Shannon]"<ref name=NeiSloane>Bell Labs digital guru dead at 84 — Pioneer scientist led high-tech revolution (The Star-Ledger, obituary by Kevin Coughlin 27 February 2001)</ref> | ** <font color="magenta">Claude Shannon</font> (1916-2001): writes a Master's thesis at MIT in 1948, which states that any binary numerical computation can be performed using logic expressions and logic operators. "The whole digital revolution started with [Shannon]"<ref name=NeiSloane>Bell Labs digital guru dead at 84 — Pioneer scientist led high-tech revolution (The Star-Ledger, obituary by Kevin Coughlin 27 February 2001)</ref> |
Revision as of 08:38, 18 September 2012
--D. Thiebaut 12:05, 21 August 2012 (EDT)
Office Hours: Tu-Th: 2:00-4:00 p.m. and by appointment.
Weekly Schedule
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Week 1 9/6 |
Antikythera mechanism, oldest computer
(start at 1min 47sec)
Harvard research: 1.8 zettabytes in 4 grams of DNA
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Week 2 9/11 |
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Week 3 9/18 |
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Week 4 9/25 |
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Week 5 10/2 |
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Week 6 10/9 |
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Week 7 10/16 |
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Week 8 10/23 |
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References
- ↑ Bell Labs digital guru dead at 84 — Pioneer scientist led high-tech revolution (The Star-Ledger, obituary by Kevin Coughlin 27 February 2001)