Primary Sources

"Arthur Lewbel." E-mail interview. 14 Nov. 2015.

Mr. Lewbel explained that information storage and transmission was all possible
because of Shannons findings.
Atlantic Conference. N.d. The History Place. Web. 19 Nov. 2015.
This picture showed Churchill and Roosevelt meeting for the Atlantic Conference
during WWII.
Chess. N.d. University of Virginia Computer Science. Web. 18 Jan. 2016.
This photo shows Claude Shannon demonstrating his chess-playing machine.
Claude Shannon and Colleagues. 1980. Chess Programming. Web. 18 Jan. 2016.
This was a picture of Claude Shannon, Betty Shannon, Ken Thompson, and
more at a chess convention.
Claude Shannon and Electric Mouse. N.d. Humanity Plus Media. Web. 18 Jan. 2016.
This was a picture of Shannon holding his mouse above his maze.
Claude Shannon - Father of the Information Age. University of California Television, 16 Jan.
2008. Web. 4 Jan. 2016.
This was a video found on YouTube in which many professors and colleagues talk
about Claude Shannon and give more information on his work.

Claude Shannon Juggling. N.d. N.p.

This is a primary source photo showing Shannon juggling.
"Doug McIlroy." E-mail interview. 30 Nov. 2015.
This interview gave Mr. McIllroys opinion about the impact of Claude Shannons
research and told about the importance of WWII concerning Shannons work.
Early Version of the Telephone. 1919. Western Electric. Web. 18 Jan. 2016.
This was a picture of one of the first telephones made in 1919, it was used to
show the influence of information theory.
"Elwyn Berlekamp." Telephone interview. 21 Oct. 2015.
This is one of my most important sources; Mr. Berlekamp gave helpful insight as
he is someone who directly profits from information theory.
Lewbel, Arthur. "A Personal Tribute to Claude Shannon." N.p., Mar. 2001. Web. 23 Nov. 2015.
This was a source that further explained Claudes work and elaborated on
Shannons charismatic personality.
"Oral-History: Claude E. Shannon." Engineering and Technology History Wiki. N.p., 2003. Web.
23 Nov. 2015.
Robert Price conducted this interview with Claude Shannon discussing the papers
he wrote, working at Bell Labs, and the concept of entropy.
"Remembering Claude Shannon." Interview. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Jan. 2016.

These were a collection of surveys from people who knew Claude Shannon
answering questions about his personality and impact he had on their work.
SIGSALY. N.d. PC Online. Web. 8 Nov. 2015.
This was a picture of SIGSALY during World War II.
Shannon and Hubbard. 1955. KerryR. Web. 2 Jan. 2016.
This was a picture of Shannon and one of his colleagues.
Shannon and Turing. N.d. UC Berkeley. Web. 18 Jan. 2016.
This was a picture of Shannon and Turing in binary digits.
Shannon, Claude E. A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Currents. N.p.: n.p., n.d. PDF.
This was the PDF file of one of Shannons earlier works on switching currents and
binary bits.
Shannon, Claude Elwood, and Warren Weaver. The Mathematical Theory of Communication.
Urbana: U of Illinois, 1949. Print.
This is the master thesis book co-authored by Shannon and Weaver. It told of
Shannons ideas about information theory.
Tech Icons: Claude Shannon. AT&T Tech Channel, 19 Apr. 2011. Web. 4 Jan. 2016.
This was a video made from AT&T (used to be known as Bell Laboratories)
including many fascinating facts and interviews from scientists at AT&T.

"Theseus" N.d. Cybernetic Zoo. Web. 18 Jan. 2016.

This was a photo of Shannons electric mouse.
The Thinking Machine (Artificial Intelligence in the 1960s). N.p., 31 May 2010. Web. 21 Dec.
2015.
This primary source were videos showing Jerome Wiesner, Oliver Selfridge, and
Claude Shannon talking about artificial intelligence, a field Shannon had an impact
on.