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- Publisher: JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD (1993)
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This review is from: Claude E. Shannon: Collected Papers (Hardcover)
The IEEE Information Society releases (IEEE Press) releases yet another priceless book which is both historical in nature; yet every bit as current as when Shannon first started published some of his more famous works in the 1940's. This book is unquestionably a "must have" reference book for either communication engineers or mathemeticians who have either a serious, or newly found interest in the topic of "information theory." Shannon's theorems of Channel Capacity and ChannelCoding are studied by EE students worldwide. However, this book is much-much-more. The books 924 pages contain a wide assortment of articles written by this rare genius. Elementary cryptography and analysis of the Entropy of the written language; "communications secrecy" (which is quite honestly outdated by todays standards; but taken into context, the papers were valuable at the time.) Also obscure articles on "game theory" as it applies to the field of "artificial intelligence" which at the time, he was a pioneer (along with other great minds including Turing, Minsky, etc..) Also, his articles on early computers and automata, and optimizing circuits so as to use less relays, etc.. are also quite interesting... Yes, the man was mortal, and to show that he wasn't all mathemetician, Shannon writes a fascinating article on the physics of JUGGLING.. The book comes with an introductory chapter which contains a somewhat adequate biography, and an interview with OMNI Magazine which was published in 1987. This is definately a book which should be on the shelf of anyone serious about the subject. Yes, there are much more technical books on the subject. If you have a PhD in EE or mathematics, you might not be impressed... but Shannon's "easy writing style" which differs from some of the "dry" IEEE writings of today makes for an interesting read; if only for remembering history. -S.A. Hoffman, NY-
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This review is from: Claude E. Shannon: Collected Papers (Hardcover)
It's a great book if you need to know what's driving todays information technology w.r.t. bandwidth and how it can revolutionize the economy.
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THE recent development of various methods of modulation such as PCM and PPM which exchange bandwidth for signal-to-noise ratio has intensified the interest in a general theory of communication. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, Bell System Technical Journal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Academic Press, John Wiley, Research Laboratory of Electronics, University of Illinois Press, Shannon Fig, United States, Albert Lucas, National Defense Research Committee, Office of Naval Research, Office of Scientific Research, Scientific American, American Journal of Mathematics, Army Ord, Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems, Fletcher Pratt, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, Proceedings Institute of Radio Engineers, Proof of Property, Shannon's Collected Papers New!
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THE recent development of various methods of modulation such as PCM and PPM which exchange bandwidth for signal-to-noise ratio has intensified the interest in a general theory of communication. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, Bell System Technical Journal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Academic Press, John Wiley, Research Laboratory of Electronics, University of Illinois Press, Shannon Fig, United States, Albert Lucas, National Defense Research Committee, Office of Naval Research, Office of Scientific Research, Scientific American, American Journal of Mathematics, Army Ord, Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems, Fletcher Pratt, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, Proceedings Institute of Radio Engineers, Proof of Property, Shannon's Collected Papers New!
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- The Mathematical Theory of Communication by Claude E Shannon on 15 pages
- Automata Studies. (AM-34) (Annals of Mathematics Studies) by C. E. Shannon on 7 pages
- Secret and Urgent: The Story of Codes and Ciphers by Fletcher Pratt on page 13, page 112, and page 195
- The World of Mathematics by James R. Newman in Front Matter, and page 880
- Information Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics) by Robert B. Ash on page 422, and page 453
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