BTW here's the paper by Hartley cited on the first page it is also very readable and insightful. I found it helped clarify some of the subtler points in Shannon

BTW here's the paper by Hartley cited on the first page it is also very readable and insightful. I found it helped clarify some of the subtler points in Shannon's paper to read it as well. http://keszei.chem.elte.hu/entropia/Hartley1928text.pdf http://keszei.chem.elte.hu/entropia/Hartley1928text.pdf