Claude Shannon Professions : Mathematician Born : April 30, 1916 Died : February 24, 2001 Browse All Authors Top 11 quotes by Claude Shannon We know the past but cannot control it. We control the future but cannot know it. Claude Shannon may time past The fundamental problem of communication is that of reproducing at one point either exactly or approximately a message selected at another point. Claude Shannon communication messages fundamentals Information is the #resolution of uncertainty. Claude Shannon uncertainty resolution information I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans. And I am rooting for the machines. Claude Shannon robots machines dog I am very seldom interested in applications. I am more interested in the elegance of a problem. Is it a good problem, an interesting problem? Claude Shannon elegance problem interesting Use the word 'cybernetics', Norbert, because nobody knows what it means. This will always put you at an advantage in arguments. Claude Shannon cybernetics use mean My greatest concern was what to call it. I thought of calling it 'information,' but the word was overly used, so I decided to call it 'uncertainty.' When I discussed it with John von Neumann, he had a better idea. Von Neumann told me, 'You should call it entropy, for two reasons. In the first place your uncertainty function has been used in statistical mechanics under that name, so it already has a name. In the second place, and more important, no one really knows what entropy really is, so in a debate you will always have the advantage.' Claude Shannon names two ideas Cousins are part of your life so stick with cuz, not friends. Claude Shannon cuz cousin sticks I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I'm rooting for the machines. Claude Shannon dogs will robots time I just wondered how things were put together. Claude Shannon how just things together Information: the negative reciprocal value of probability. Claude Shannon value reciprocal information negative Similar Authors Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch mathematician Brahmagupta mathematician Augustus De Morgan mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy mathematician Atle Selberg mathematician Arthur Cayley mathematician All Authors
