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17.02.2010 Claude Elwood Shannon

Claude Shannon

Outside of his academic pursuits, Shannon was interested in juggling, unicycling, and chess. He also invented many devices, including rocket-powered flying discs, a motorized pogo stick, and a flame-throwing trumpet.

Read: Shannon – A Mathematical Theory of Communication – 1948

Graphical representation of the constraints on telegraph symbols

Graphical representation of the constraints on telegraph symbols

05.11.2009 Princeton

Princeton German Club 1965Princeton Staff of The Tiger 1962 F Deford

via: http://www.thetrad.blogspot.com/

04.11.2009 Claude Lévi-Strauss

Claude Lévi-Strauss

Claude Lévi-Strauss (Brussels, 28 November 1908 – Paris, 30 October 2009)

23.08.2009 Brain Types

A 1920s image attempting to associate brain types to criminal behaviour. The theory is named biological determinism - heredity, more than environment or education, the idea went, caused social problems