He tangata rongonui hoki ia mō te whakatū i te ariā hoahoa ara iahiko i te tau 1937, i te wā i a ia e 21 tau te pakeke, he ākonga paetahi i te Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) i tuhituhi ai ia i tana tuhinga e whakaatu ana ka taea e ngā taupānga hiko o te Boolean algebra te hanga i tētahi pātahitanga tau arorau. I whai wāhi a Shannon ki te mara o te whakamunatanga mō te parenga ā-motu i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, tae atu ki tana mahi taketake mō te waehere me te whakawhitiwhiti haumaru. Pātai: He aha te tau i whakatū ai te ariā hoahoa ara iahiko?
Ko te tau 1937