Shannon worked for Bell Labs (now owned by Alcatel-Lucent).
Guess who just shut down “fundamental research” in physics?
Not quite sic transit gloria mundi, but definitely a chunk of the glory of American research.
Day: September 5, 2008
I Just Don’t Get It.
In some ways I’m a classic information theory junkie–Claude Shannon changed the way I think about the universe just as much as any golden book. Quantum mechanics, on the other hand, is something that I keep thinking I’ve finally had my “kick from the knee” moment with, and then something comes along to make it clear to me that I… Read more →
Golden Books 1: The Sun, The Moon, And The Stars
Over at the blog Steven Brust shares with his roommates, the question was posed about the “golden books“–those ones that because you hit them at just the right time, and they were just the right thing, made a lasting change in you, and how you interact with the world. I didn’t comment there, but I’ve been thinking about it. Several… Read more →
