Shannon's "A Mathematical Theory of Communication" is one of the most accessible and profound papers in the field: http://math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/others

Shannon's "A Mathematical Theory of Communication" is one of the most accessible and profound papers in the field: http://math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/others/shannon/entropy/entropy.pdf http://math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/others/shannon/entrop...