Talk:Charles H. Bennett (physicist)

Incorrect category
In the Charles H. Bennett Bibliography I found only one written work relating to cellular automata. There is no discussion of Bennett's work on cellular automata by others cited in the article. Published works on cellular automata that cite Bennett cite his work in mathematics, not on cellular automata. He may have contributed to work on cellular automata, but he does not seem notable for this. I will remove the category cellular automatists. Fartherred (talk) 19:05, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

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It is rightly deprecated for a person to edit their own biography on Wikipedia, but the title of mine is not accurate. I consider myself a physicist and information theorist rather than just a computer scientist. My main publications are in journals of all three fields. Even if I wanted to change the title, I don't know how. An administrator would probably be needed, since changing the title to an article, "moving" it in Wikipedia parlance, produces a lot of side effects. Other neutral and verifiable facts in the article that could be improved (but I forebear from doing so myself) are

I was born in New York City on 7 April 1943. Having the day and month would make the automatic age calculation more accurate.

I received my PhD in 1971, not 1970

Charles H. Bennett (physicist, information theorist, computer scientist AND frequent editor and enthusiastic advocate of Wikipedia)CharlesHBennett (talk) 12:40, 25 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi Charlie,
 * Hope all is well. Even Charles H. Bennett (physicist, information theorist, and computer scientist) would be a bit over the top without the Wikipedia editor bit ;).  If we're going to do one-word disambiguation, do you think Charles H. Bennett (physicist) is the most accurate?  (I see the article does begin with that.)
 * All the best, Joel Lewis (talk) 9:14 am, Today (UTC−4)

I would be most comfortable with "physicist". Would someone who knows how to do so change the article title, and someone who isn't me put in the correct birth date April 7 1943 and 1971 for my PhD.CharlesHBennett (talk) 19:05, 6 September 2019 (UTC)


 * I have taken care of the move and the PhD date. I have no doubt that you are correct about your birthday, but is there a cite-able source for it?  (Your official IBM bio, like ours, just lists the year.) --JBL (talk) 19:49, 6 September 2019 (UTC)