Re:Claude Shannon: How a Genius Thinks, Works, and Lives
by sillysaurus3 on Friday July 21, 2017 @01:28PM
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Is that true? That's very interesting. The common story is that he had to rush to publish it because he was worried about his health.
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Re:Claude Shannon: How a Genius Thinks, Works, and Lives
by cfmcdonald on Friday July 21, 2017 @02:20PM
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Yes, GP is correct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Russel_Wallace#Natural_.... Where is that story common, I've never heard it.
Re:Claude Shannon: How a Genius Thinks, Works, and Lives
by sillysaurus3 on Friday July 21, 2017 @02:46PM
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From Darwin himself: https://archive.org/stream/originofspecies00darwuoft/origino...
My work is now (1859) nearly finished; but as it will take me many more years to complete it, and as my health is far from strong, I have been urged to publish this Abstract.
I remembered this quote, yet failed to recall the very next sentence:
I have more especially been induced to do this, as Mr. Wallace, who is now studying the natural history of the Malay archipelago, has arrived at almost exactly the same general conclusions that I have on the origin of species.
Whoops. That's some impressive integrity!
Re:Claude Shannon: How a Genius Thinks, Works, and Lives
by pkx166h on Friday July 21, 2017 @02:22PM
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Yes it is true. Alfred Russel Wallace was on the other side of the world doing his own independent work and looked to Darwin for advice about his own theories. ARW is a bit of an unsung hero with regard to what he contributed to this part of Biology (at least to those that are not deeply involved in Biology).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin#Publication_of_...