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.
It is symptomatic of the swing between the outright rejection and qualified acceptance of the medium that was fairly typical of the artistic establishment.
Earlier research by other scientists found that when Turkey toms were heat stressed during the last five weeks of their rearing period, the lower quality PSE characteristics surfaced.