A Mathematical Theory of Communication

In 1948, American mathematician and electrical engineer Claude Shannon helped shape modern technology with the publication of A Mathematical Theory of Communication.

Sounds like a bestseller.

This laid the foundation for information theory.

But then again, why does this word have such magical power? Well, you can really blame the big shots in physics and mathematics for not setting a good example.

In 1948, Claude Shannon published a groundbreaking paper at Bell Labs titled A Mathematical Theory of Communication.

In this paper, Shannon found a precise metric for something as intangible as information.

He derived a mathematical formula to measure uncertainty, which included a negative sign, a summation symbol, and a logarithmic function.