Claude Elwood Shannon
Team No. 1 Narrative text Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American mathematician, electronic engineer, andcryptographer known as "the father of information theory".
Shannon is famous for having founded information theory with a landmark paper that he published in 1948. However, he is also credited with founding both digital computer and digital circuit design theory in 1937, when, as a 21-year-old master's degree student at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he wrote his thesis demonstrating that electrical applications of boolean algebra could construct and resolve any logical, numerical relationship. It has been claimed that this was the most important master's thesis of all time.[3] Shannon contributed to the field of cryptanalysis for national defense during World War II, including his basic work on codebreaking and secure telecommunications.
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Howard Gardner, multiple intelligences and education. Howard Gardner’s work around multiple intelligences has had a profound impact on thinking and practice in education – especially in the United States. Here we explore the theory of multiple intelligences; why it has found a ready audience amongst educationalists; and some of the issues around its conceptualization and realization. See Original Text: http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm See Text Analysis
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Video games 1. Video games as a mainstream culture 1.1 What is a video game? The phrases video game and computer game are often used interchangeably. Typically there is a screen (television, monitor, LCD display) through which the game is viewed. Input devices vary depending on the game and hardware, but usually involve a controller, joystick, keyboard or keypad. Such a game is: playable using a television set. The game software is accessed via a games console, to which input devices such as joysticks or controllers are attached; or playable using a television set, with the game being accessible or downloadable through a satellite or digital subscription-based system; or playable on a PC or Macintosh; or housed inside a cabinet with a built-in screen and input device such as a joystick. These are typically found in arcades; or found on small, portable games machines, of which the most well-known is the Game Boy; or increasingly found in consumer electronic devices, such as mobile phones and handheld PCs.
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