I realized today that two of the most important seminal figures in history — both heroes of mine — were born on this 120th day of the year.<\/p>\n
On April 30 1777, Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was born. Gauss was arguably the most important mathematician of our modern age. He revolutionized the fields of number theory, algebra, analysis, geometry, statistics and probability, among others.<\/p>\n
And then on April 30, 1916, Claude Elwood Shannon was born. Shannon, an expert in many fields, essentially invented the mathematical foundations of modern computation. His innovations underpin pretty much everything we now think of as computer science and digital communication.<\/p>\n
What is it about April 30?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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