Born in 1916 in Petoskey, Michigan, Shannon showed an early talent for maths and for building gadgets, and made breakthroughs in the foundations of computer technology when still a student.

1916年，香农出生于密歇根州的佩托斯基，他很早就显现出在数学和制造小玩意方面的天赋，学生时代时就在计算机技术的基础上取得了突破。

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Neils Bohr made breakthroughs in physics because he was able to think of light as both a stream of particles and as a wave.

尼尔·玻尔在物理学上取得突破，是因为他能够把光理解成既是一束粒子流又是一种波。

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The doctors have made breakthroughs in fighting cancer.

医生在防治癌症方面取得了重大突破。

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Julia Novy-Hildesley, executive director of the Lemelson Foundation, says honorees have made scientific breakthroughs.

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Alan Turing made profound breakthroughs in our understanding of artificial intelligence and an enormous contribution to the defeat of fascism.

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Inventors like John Taylor turn the breakthroughs made by theoretical science into the applied benefits we see all around us.

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