Claude Shannon (1916–2001) is one of the clearest examples of a single mind reshaping multiple fields at once. The narrative you shared is essentially accurate in its core claims, and the implications continue to structure nearly every digital system we use. Here is a fuller, multi-angle look at the man, the work, and the long shadow it still casts.
The 1937 Master’s Thesis: Switching Theory At 21, while working on Vannevar Bush’s differential analyzer…