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Any list without Shannon's 1948 "A Mathematical Theory of Communication" is just not a good list. Sorry. http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon

by bdamm 12y ago

Any list without Shannon's 1948 "A Mathematical Theory of Communication" is just not a good list. Sorry. http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon1948.pdf http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon1948.pd... The foundation of information theory. It is, by far, the most astonishing paper I have ever read. Far more astonishing than Lamport's famous conclusion about clocks. It is the kind of paper that causes a soul rift when read thoroughly.

anjbe 12y ago
I’m partial to his Master’s thesis, “A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits.” It literally invented digital computing. As an electrical engineering student it blows me away that one guy’s thesis (he was 21!) can be fundamental to so much.