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This document is page 76 of a scientific text bearing a House Oversight Bates stamp. The text discusses the concept of entropy in information theory and neuroscience, referencing the work of researchers Seymore Kety, Louis Sokoloff, Harold Himwich, and Claude Shannon. It compares computer computation to brain metabolism and energy consumption.

People (4)

Name Role Context
Seymore Kety Researcher
National Institutes of Mental Heath (sic)
Louis Sokoloff Researcher
National Institutes of Mental Heath (sic)
Harold Himwich Researcher
State of Illinois Thudicum Laboratory
Claude Shannon Scientist
Developer of entropy in communication theory/information theory

Organizations (3)

Name Type Context
National Institutes of Mental Heath
Research institution (Note: Text contains typo 'Heath' instead of 'Health')
State of Illinois Thudicum Laboratory
Research laboratory
House Oversight Committee
Implied by Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'

Timeline (1 events)

1948
Formalization of entropy for use in communication theory/information theory by Claude Shannon
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Locations (1)

Location Context
Location of Thudicum Laboratory

Relationships (1)

Seymore Kety Colleagues Louis Sokoloff
Listed together as being from National Institutes of Mental Heath

Key Quotes (3)

"The metaphorical machine for the current age of entropy, analogous to the role of heat and steam engines in classical thermodynamics, is the computer."
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"In this context, entropy and information were obviously complementary descriptors."
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"The information reception capacity of a system is dependent upon the amount of"
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