Claude Shannon, one of the greatest minds of the 20th century, and inventor of Shannon's juggling Theorem and creator of the original juggling robot, died on Saturday, Feb. 27, at the age of 84, after a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer's I spoke to his wife today; she said his passing was peaceful and painless. Among his many (nonjuggling) inventions was the use of boolean algebra for computer logic, the idea of digital (as opposed to analog)communication, and the first paper on teaching computers to play chess.
disease. Those of us who knew him will miss him greatly.