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Use entropy and you can never lose a debate, von Neumann told Shannon - because no one really knows what entropy is.

Use "entropy" and you can never lose a debate, von Neumann told Shannon - because no one really knows what "entropy" is.

William Poundstone
Use, Debate, Shannon
William Poundstone (2010). “Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street”, p.57, Macmillan

The more improbable the message, the less "compressible" it is, and the more bandwidth it requires. This is Shannon's point: the essence is its improbability.

William Poundstone
Essence, Messages, Shannon
William Poundstone (2010). “Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street”, p.57, Macmillan

By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.

Eamon de Valera
Years, Bigs, Shannon

Shannon's most radical insight was that meaning was irrelevant.

William Poundstone
Shannon, Radical, Insight
"Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street". Book by William Poundstone, 2005.

With the poetry of plain speaking, Shannon Hitchcock recreates the daily drama of a vanished world.

Richard Peck
Drama, World, Shannon

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