The Mathematical Theory of Communication

This is the seminal work that may be said to include the basic concepts, definitions and theorems of information and communication theory. This book does not need any praise because anybody who had even an introductory education in computer science or electronics of communication will have met the name of Shannon (if you haven't yet, please rush to Google and read his achievements).The beauty of this edition is twofold. It includes two main parts. First part is by Weaver, and you don't need anything more than high school logic and algebra to understand the very clearly explained concepts. The second part by Shannon is 'the real thing' and for the mathematically educated reader, you need a fine grasp of probability theory, calculus, and a little bit of calculus of variations if you want to absorb all of the material.To sum it up, if you want to really understand what entropy means in terms of information theory, then this is THE book for it. You'll also find very entertaining examples about the redundancy and entropy of the English language and how this relates to creating crossword puzzles in 2 dimension or 3 dimension.You owe it to yourself to read this short book if you are a computer scientist, computer engineer or electronics engineer.

This is a great classical book! Probably it is not so fresh because Shannon's theory had been prevailed all over the world, but his theory hasn't waned at all. This book is written in plain words, and explanations are delivered carefully word-by-word. Of course, as is usual with mathematic-related books, there are mathematical expressions such as logs or integrals, but they are fairly torelable. I think this is a "must read" book for communication engineers, although this is not a "How To" book and you wouldn't be able to apply this theory directly to your daily project.

But it's certainly a seminal work. Had picked of some pieces of the thoughts in it over the years, thought it would be worth reading the original. Had to do some mental calisthenics to follow some parts. Glad to see Shannon getting more fo the credit he so richly deserves.

This is a classic which does not receive the attention it deserves. For an academic mathematical text it is very accessible. This work is if anything more important than Turing's paper "On Computable Numbers with Application to the Etscheidungsproblem", which famously described the concept of a stored program computer.

I disliked what I always dislike about books on information theory — no understandable explanation of what Entropy actually is.

Where it all began.---The book grew out from an epic scientific paper in 1948, but luckly its author Shannon chose a light touch and a gentle delivery in his presentation. The paper became a book, with a 1949 first edition, which is now a classic, and which has been reprinted a number of times since, ending with the present lovely 1998 edition. It is still the place where readers can learn the essentials, including the two equations of information theory, that are now named after Claude Shannon.

This is a classic text - the text on communications theory that started a revolution in digital communications. The original Bell System Technical Journal papers by Shannon are included, which give credit to the work of R.V.L. Hartley and Harry Nyquist. It is available freely on the web, but this small format book with Weaver's article is a gem.

If you want to understand the underlying math and logic behind compute and communication there is no way around this seminal work. On top of that it is very well written and about as easy to understand as anything this fundamental and important can be made.

A small book and 100% worth reading for anyone looking to develop as a thinker.

Lo mismo que el anterior, los avientan al patio, pero es la compañía de envío, sin embargo es un gran tesoro este libro, me encanta recibir estos libros, seguiré pidiendo más.

Dans cette article Shannon fonde la théorie de l'information qui participera à l'avénement de l'informatique. C'est un livre que tout mathématicien/informaticien devrait lire afin de se rendre compte à quelle point une idée simple et intuitive peut changer le monde. C'est un must have pour toutes bibliothèques scientifiques qui se respecte.

This book is clasical book and its very important to feel inspiration in the telecommunications área, its contain is excellent this is a very important source of information in the communications filed

It is unusual that a researcher lays the theoretical foundation of an entire research area and manage to describe it in such a pedagogic way. First published the year before in Bell System Technical Journal, this work has been cited over 80 000 times and is hence one of the most important svientific works during the 20th century. Moreover, its significance has only increased with time since it was written. This is one of the founding stones of the Information Era.