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Aftab, Cheung, Kim, Thakkar, Yeddanapudi Information Theory & THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION 1. Information Theory Information Theory AND THE DIGITAL AGE. AFTAB, CHEUNG, KIM, THAKKAR, YEDDANAPUDI. FINAL paper . Project History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Aftab, Cheung, Kim, Thakkar, Yeddanapudi Information Theory & THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION 2. INTRODUCTION. Information Theory is one of the few scientific fields fortunate enough to have an identifiable beginning - Claude Shannon's 1948 paper . The story of the evolution of how it progressed from a single theoretical paper to a broad field that has redefined our world is a fascinating one. It provides the opportunity to study the social, political, and technological interactions that have helped guide its development and define its trajectory, and gives us insight into how a new field evolves.
The paper provided a “blueprint for the digital age”1 Since the Bell Systems Technical Journal was targeted only towards communication engineers, mathematician Warren Weaver “had the feeling that this ought to reach a wider audience than (just) people in the field” recalls Betty Shannon2. He met with Shannon, and together, they
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