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Claude Shannon

Age: 84

mathematician and computer scientist whose pioneering work with binary code helped to establish digital communications networks. Later in his career, Shannon experimented with chess-playing machines. His research led to the creation of artificial intelligence.

Died: Medford, Mass., Feb. 24, 2001

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