Today's Google Doodle honors mathematician/juggler Claude Shannon:
He transformed digital computing and electronic communication
Claude Shannon, nicknamed the father of information theory for his work on digital computing and electronic communication, was also a juggling unicyclist who would have turned 100 on Saturday.
To mark his birthday and his achievements, Saturdays Google Doodle honored Shannon, depicting him juggling a set of ones and zeroes, the numbers he used to transform computing after learning they could be used to represent words, pictures, videos and more. While he was a research assistant at MIT, Shannon drew from Boolean algebra to pioneer digital computing, using the value of 1 for circuits turned on, and the value of 0 for circuits that were off. Before Shannon moved to MIT, he also became known for a different talent: juggling while riding a unicycle around Bell Labs.
Outside of his research lab, Shannon also had a knack for inventions, some of whichincluding his flame-throwing trumpets and rocket-powered Frisbeeshad little practical function. He died in 2001 at the age of 84 after suffering from dementia.
Read More: Claude Shannon: The Juggling Unicyclist Who Pedaled Us Into the Digital Age
http://time.com/4313341/google-doodle-claude-shannon/
About the Doodle:
https://www.google.com/doodles/claude-shannons-100th-birthday