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The fundamental problem of communication is that of reproducing at one point either exactly or approximately a message selected at another point.

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Claude Shannon
Age: 84 †
Born: 1916
Born: April 30
Died: 2001
Died: February 24
Computer Scientist
Cryptographer
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Sport Cyclist
University Teacher
Petoskey
Michigan
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