Two stars on the same day

In the history of humankind, there are very rare occasions when the birthday of two prominent scientists is on the same day. It is in this respect that the 30th of April is special, because both Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss and Claude Elwood Shannon are born on this day. In honor of highly influential scientific achievements, Gauss is called the Prince of Mathematics and Shannon is called the Father of Information Theory. In celebrating the birthday of these two scientists, we take a brief look at their scientific achievements, how they have influenced the development of information technology today and reflect on whether these two stars of science have anything else in common other than being born on the same day..