Shannon's original paper, titled "A Mathematical Theory of Communication"[0] which basically founded Information Theory as its own coherent and well defined fie

Shannon's original paper, titled "A Mathematical Theory of Communication"[0] which basically founded Information Theory as its own coherent and well defined field is also very readable. Some of the concepts were well known before he published it, some were original -- but the coherent formulation, notation and concentration in that paper is what established the field now known as "Information Theory". [0] http://worrydream.com/refs/Shannon%20-%20A%20Mathematical%20Theory%20of%20Communication.pdf http://worrydream.com/refs/Shannon%20-%20A%20Mathematical%20...