The Mathematical Theory of Communication

Scientific data grows at an outstanding tempo–however few books have had as lasting an affect or performed as essential a task in our trendy world as The Mathematical Idea of Communication, revealed initially as a paper on communication concept greater than fifty years in the past. Republished in guide type shortly thereafter, it has since gone by means of 4 hardcover and sixteen paperback printings. It’s a revolutionary work, astounding in its foresight and contemporaneity. The College of Illinois Press is happy and honored to problem this commemorative reprinting of a traditional.