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MIT News: September/October 2010

Code Quest
Claude Shannon, SM '40, PhD '40, threw down an irresistible challenge to those who would be pioneers of information theory. A young grad student soon met the challenge, but his solution languished in obscurity for decades.
By Larry Hardesty
MIT News

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Rubber's History Stretches Way Back
The bouncy origins of polymer chemistry
Now Hear This
3-D imaging could lead to better-fitting hearing aids
Mark Your Calendar
MIT150 celebration begins in January
Getting in Touch
How physical sensations influence decision making
Keeping Tabs on Glucose
Less invasive blood sugar sensors
New Leadership
John Reed elected chair of MIT Corporation

Meet the Author

The Hunt for Meaning
Telling the story of the fur trade
By Sara Shay

Features

Resident Experts
For more than 50 years, MIT housemasters have been making students feel at home on campus.
By Stephanie Keeler
From Smoots to Semiconductors
After a checkered career at MIT, Jerry Woodall '60 helped revolutionize electronics.
By William D. Glover

Alumni Letters

Letters

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Into the Long Night
Venturing to Antarctica with Admiral Byrd

My View

Smashing Protons in the Cathedrals of Science
The search for the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider

Donor Profile

Barclay and Dennis Kass

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