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Quotation of the Day for June 13, 2011



"People have said it's the most influential master's thesis in history, which is certainly true, but it understates the point."

- Robert McEliece, CalTech, describing Claude Shannon, inventor of information theory. From the documentary "Claude Shannon - Father of the Information Age".

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Whj_nL-x8]

Submitted by: Ofer Inbar
Jun. 5, 2011

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