I would add Shannon's paper from 11 years later than his thesis, "A Mathematical Theory of Communication": http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon

I would add Shannon's paper from 11 years later than his thesis, "A Mathematical Theory of Communication": http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon1948.pdf http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon1948.pd... .