Donald MacCrimmon MacKay
| Donald MacCrimmon MacKay | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 August 1922 |
| Died | 6 February 1987 (aged 64) |
| Institutions | Keele University |
| Alma mater |
St Andrews University King's College London |
| Spouse | Valerie Wood |
| Children |
Robert Sinclair MacKay David J. C. MacKay |
Donald MacCrimmon MacKay (9 August 1922 – 6 February 1987) was a British physicist, and professor at the Department of Communication and Neuroscience at Keele University in Staffordshire, England, known for his contributions to information theory and the theory of brain organisation.
MacKay was educated at Wick High School and St Andrews University, and gained a PhD at King's College London. In the late 1940s MacKay was among the first members of the Ratio Club.
Married to Valerie Wood, they had five children. His oldest son is Robert Sinclair MacKay, a professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick; his youngest son was David J. C. MacKay, a professor of physics at the University of Cambridge. He died within a year of giving the 1986 Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow.
In our age, when people look for explanations, the tendency more and more is to conceive of any and every situation that we are trying to understand by analogy with a machine.
MacKay authored and authored several publications. A selection:
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