Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947) was a British philosopher and mathematician whose work spanned numerous disciplines, including logic, metaphysics, and science.…
Category: 1930s & 1940s
Norbert Wiener
Norbert Wiener, born on November 26, 1894, in Columbia, Missouri, was a prodigious child who would later become one of…
Claude Shannon
Claude Elwood Shannon, born on April 30, 1916, in Petoskey, Michigan, was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer. He…
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872-1970) was one of the most influential philosophers, logicians, and mathematicians of the 20th century. Born…
Alan Turing
Alan Mathison Turing, born on June 23, 1912, in Maida Vale, London, was a brilliant mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and theoretical…