Claude Elwood Shannon Papers 1932-1995 (bulk 1938-1989)

Berkeley, Edmund Callis

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Berkeley joined the U.S. Navy in 1942 and worked at Dahlgren Laboratory as a mathematician. There, he was assigned to Howard Aiken's Harvard Laboratory to work on the sequential calculator project (Mark II). After leaving the Navy in 1946 he returned to Prudential Insurance. At Prudential, Berkeley worked on a "hazards project" that convinced him that nuclear war was the greatest hazard facing humankind. After Prudential abandoned the project, Berkeley left Prudential and establishe...

Dowling, Kevin 1994

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Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996

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Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation. Sagan assembled the first physical messages sent into space: the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, universal messages that could potentially be understood by any extra...

Bell Telephone Laboratories.

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Shannon, Claude Elwood, 1916-2001

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Mathematician, information theorist, and computer scientist. Died 2001. From the description of Claude Elwood Shannon papers, 1932-1995 (bulk 1938-1989). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71174632 Biographical Note 1916, Apr. 30 Born, Petoskey, Mich. 1936 B.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. ...

Uttley, A.M.

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Price, G. Baley (Griffith Baley), 1905-2006

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The Eighth Air Force was the first division to have an operations analysis section and its section remained the largest through World War II. Section members used mathematical analysis to improve bombing accuracy and efficiency. From the description of Air Force Operations Analysis Section collection, 1942-1985. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 52179154 G. Baley Price (1905- ) was a professor of mathematics at the University of Kansas, Lawrence from 1937-...

McCarthy, John, 1927-2011

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Head of Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory from the early 1960s until 1980. From the description of Oral history interview with John McCarthy, 1989 Mar. 2. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63307054 John McCarthy, after earning his Ph.D. in mathematics at Princeton in 1951, taught at Stanford, Dartmouth, and MIT. In 1962 he returned to Stanford as professor of computer science. From 1965 to 1980 he was organizer and director of Stanford's A...

Singmaster, David

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Casby, James U.

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Gabor, Dennis, 1900-1979

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Gabor (1900-1979) held over 100 patents and won the 1971 Nobel prize for physics for his invention of holography. He also corresponded with numerous persons who shared his interest in futurism. From the description of Correspondence, 1961-1969. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 31179190 Born, 1900, Hungary; studied mechanical engineering at Joseph Technical High School, Budapest, 1918-1921, and Electrical Engineering Department, Technisch...

Kleene, Stephen Cole, 1909-1994

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Logicians. From the description of Oral history interview with Stephen Cole Kleene and J. Barkley Rosser, 1984 Apr. 26. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63283809 ...

Liversidge, Anthony

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Hubbard, L. Ron (Lafayette Ronald), 1911-1986

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Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986), more commonly known as L. Ron Hubbard, was an American author of science fiction and fantasy stories who founded the Church of Scientology. In 1950, Hubbard authored Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health and established a series of organizations to promote Dianetics. In 1952, Hubbard lost the rights to Dianetics in bankruptcy proceedings, and he subsequently founded Scientology. Thereafter Hubbard oversaw the growth of the Ch...

Brown, Gordon Stanley, 1907-1996

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Levy, David N. L.

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Dowling, Kevin (Director)

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Flood, Merrill M. (Merrill Meeks), 1908-1991

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Mathematician. From the description of Oral history interview with Merrill Flood, 1984 May 14. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63309528 Merrill Flood was a researcher and consultant in the areas of applied mathematics, defense technology and organizational theory. After earning his Ph.D. in mathematics from Princeton University, Flood began consulting for local and state governments in New Jersey. From 1942 to 1949, he adv...

Biunno, Vincent P.

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Elias, P. (Peter)

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Berkeley, Edmund Callis.

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Edmund Callis Berkeley received a BA in mathematics and logic from Harvard University in 1930 after which he worked for Mutual Life Insurance of New York as an actuarial clerk. In 1934 he took a position with Prudential Insurance of America where he eventually became chief research consultant. He joined the U. S. Navy in 1942 and worked at Dahlgren Laboratory as a mathematician. There, he was assigned to Howard Aiken's Harvard Laboratory to work on the sequential calculator project ...

Piore, Emanuel Ruben, 1908-2000

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Piore received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Wisconsin in 1935. His career has included serving as vice-president, chief scientist, and director of IBM, as well as deputy chief and chief scientist for the Office of Naval Research. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society, the American Philosophical Society, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Sciences. From the description of Emanuel Ruben Pi...

Ashby, W. Ross (William Ross), 1903-1972

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Moore, Edward F.

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Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994

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Bode, Hendrik W. (Hendrik Wade), 1905-1982

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Bode was Gordon McKay Professor of Systems Engineering at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Hendrik Wade Bode, 1930-1974 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973293 ...

Lasker, Edward, 1885-1981

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Pierce, John R. (John Robinson), 1910-2002

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Electrical engineer, musical acoustics. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84491512 From the description of Papers, 1936-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83715362 John R. Pierce earned all three of his degrees at the California Institute of Technology: B.S. in 1933, M.S. in 1934, and Ph.D. in 1936. He worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories from 1936 to 1971, where his work included electronic tubes, microwave communications, and psycho...

Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957

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John (Johann) Louis von Neumann (1903-1957) was born in Budapest and showed early signs of being a child prodigy. He entered the University of Budapest in 1921, but also attended the University of Berlin and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology before obtaining a degree in chemical engineering in 1925. He earned his Doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Budapest in 1927. After graduation, he worked at the University of Berlin before becoming a visiting professor to Princeton from ...

Campbell, John William, 1889-

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Weaver, Warren, 1894-1978

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In his nearly three decades of leadership of the natural sciences at the Rockefeller Foundation (RF), Warren Weaver contributed substantially to the mid-century revolution in biology and agricultural science. Over a lifetime dedicated to building bridges across the sciences, he also contributed significantly to mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science, and scientific associations. Warren Weaver was born in Reedsburg, Wisconsin in 1894. He received his B.A. and Ph.D., as well as a Ce...

Flanagan, Dennis, 1919-2005

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Flanagan was born in Bucks County, PA in 1919. He attended the University of Michigan, majoring in English. Worked for Life Magazine as the science editor and in 1947 he left to create a popular science magazine. He eventually created Scientific American, which was first published in May 1948. He served as editor until he retired in 1984. From the description of Dennis Flanagan papers, 1952-1988. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 165394063 Editor. ...

Shneidman, Edwin S.

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Andrew, Merle M.

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