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Included a reference to Shannon's most widely known work.
'''Claude Shannon''' (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American electrical [[engineer]] and the father of modern [[communications theory (engineering)|communications theory]].<ref>{{hnb|MIT News Office|2001}}</ref>
'''Claude Shannon''' (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American electrical [[engineer]] and the father of modern [[communications theory (engineering)|communications theory]].<ref>{{hnb|MIT News Office|2001}}</ref> He is credited as one of the founders of [[information theory]], especially due to his writing of "A Mathematic Theory of Communication" in 1948, widely considered one of the most important founding documents of information theory.
== See also ==
== See also ==