References for Claude E Shannon


  1. Obituary in The Times [available on the Web]

Books:

  1. D Slepian (ed.), Key papers in the development of information theory, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (New York, 1974).
  2. N J A Sloane and A D Wyner (eds.), Claude Elwood Shannon : collected papers (New York, 1993).

Articles:

  1. G Johnson, Claude Shannon, Mathematician, Dies at 84, New York Times (27 February, 2001).
  2. B McMillan, Scientific impact of the work of C E Shannon, in Proceedings of the Norbert Wiener Centenary Congress, 1994, East Lansing, MI, 1994 (Providence, RI, 1997), 513-523.
  3. R Price, A conversation with Claude Shannon : one man's approach to problem solving, Cryptologia 9 (2) (1985), 167-175.
  4. R Price, A conversation with Claude Shannon : one man's approach to problem solving, IEEE Comm. Mag. 22 (5) (1984), 123-126.

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