Re:A Mathematical Theory of Communication (1948) [pdf]
by kkaranth on Friday May 01, 2020 @03:25AM
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From Jon Gertner's "Idea Factory":
> With Shannon’s startling ideas on information, it was one of the rare moments in history, an academic would later point out, “where somebody founded a field, stated all the major results, and proved most of them all pretty much at once.”
> With Shannon’s startling ideas on information, it was one of the rare moments in history, an academic would later point out, “where somebody founded a field, stated all the major results, and proved most of them all pretty much at once.”
It is attributed to a documentary on Claude Shannon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Whj_nL-x8