Well, the subtitle of the submitted article is "a study of the style and context of his work up to the genesis of information theory". Shannon did a lot of amaz

Well, the subtitle of the submitted article is "a study of the style and context of his work up to the genesis of information theory". Shannon did a lot of amazing work before the seminal 1948 paper. As an example, here are his M.Sc. and Ph.D. thesis: A symbolic analysis of relay and switching circuits: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11173 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11173 An algebra for theoretical genetics: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11174 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11174 Shannon was quite a unique thinker. I would dare to say that very few people had such tremendous impact on the world via abstract thinking. He single-handedly enabled the digital revolution. And though a lot is known about his contributions, less is known about his personality, interests and style. Thus, I believe the submitted article is indeed quite an interesting read, despite the fact that it's not about the mathematical theory of communication.