First Edition. Hardcover. Includes: Shannon, "A Mathematical Theory of Communication," two parts (OOC 880). "At the heart of [Shannon s] theory was a new conceptualization of information. . . . a general theory of communication applicable to telegraph, telephone, radio, television, and computing machines - in fact, to any system, physical or biological, in which information is being transferred or manipulated through time or space." [Aspray 1985 pp. 119-122]. The first appearance of Shannon s monumental paper on a mathematical theory of communication. The paper is the foundation of the modern information age. "American mathematician Claude Shannon developed information theory by 1948. He reduced the notion of information to a series of yes/no choices, which could be presented by a binary code. Each choice, or piece of information, he called a 'bit.' In this way, complex information could be organized according to strict mathematical principles. His methods, although devised in the context of engineering and technology, were soon seen to have applications not only to computer design but to virtually every subject in which language was important, such as linguistics, psychology, cryptography, and phonetics; further applications were possible in any area where the transmission of information in any form was important". [Mount and List, Milestones, 65; OOC 880; Tomash & Williams S94-95]. Minor shelf/edge wear, light toning to the '8' in 1948 at spine, else tight, bright, and unmmared. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering at spine. 8vo. 752pp [[379]-423 & [623]-656pp for Shannon].

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Title: Bell System Technical Journal [Vol. 27] [Including "A Mathematical Theory of Communication"]
Publisher: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York
Publication Date: 1948
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Near Fine

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