![]() ![]() A job posting on a bulletin board led him to work on a differential analyzer at MIT, where he would earn his PHD.Įarly theoretical solutions led to practical applications that continue to power our digital world.Ī 1936 master’s thesis written by Claude Shannon changed the computing world overnight. ![]() At Michigan, Shannon took some of the earliest courses courses offered in the theory of wireless telegraphy and telephony, which introduced him to critical ideas related to his later work. Here, his biographers tell the story of his U-M years. Photo courtesy of U-M Bentley Historical Library.Īs the creator of the “bit,” Claude Shannon became known as the “father of the digital age”-the man responsible for technology that evolved into today’s computers and other digital technology. ![]()
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