Technology Pioneer Claude Shannon dies

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Claude Shannon, a pioneer in the field of information theory, died at 84 of Alzheimer’s disease on Saturday. As someone who not only made a long list of contributions to computer science, but could also juggle while riding a unicycle, he will be greatly missed. Here’s a biography written before his death.

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