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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I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974.

7我曾两次降生于世：第一次，一名女婴，在底特律的一个无烟日；第二次，一名少年，在密歇根托斯基的一件急诊室里，那是在1974年的八月。

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From September 2001 to March 2002 Petoskey, Mich.

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