The Mathematical Theory of Communication  [The Mathematical Theory of Communications] (1949) Front Cover Book Details Author Claude E. Shannon Warren Weaver Genre Information Theory; Mathematical Physics; Telecommunications Subject Information Theory; Communication Theory Publication Date 1998 Format Paperback (220 x 138 mm) Publisher University of Illinois Press Language English Plot Few books have had as lasting an impact or played as important a role in our modern world as The Mathematical Theory of Communication. Claude Shannon's major precept, that all communication is essentially digital, is now so commonplace among the modern digitalia that many wonder why Shannon needed to state such an obvious axiom. Table of Contents Foreword Preface Some Recent Contributions to the Mathematical Theory of Communication 1 The Mathematical Theory of Communication 29 Introduction 31 1 Discrete Noiseless Systems 36 2 The Discrete Channel with Noise 65 3 Continuous Information 81 4 The Continuous Channel 97 5 The Rate for a Continuous Source 108 Appendixes 116 Personal Details Collection Status In Collection Store Border's Location A05 Purchase Price $12.99 Current Value $22.00 Purchase Date 2001 Condition Very Good Index 122 Owner Paulo Mendes Read It No Reading Date 2001 Links Amazon US Amazon UK Barnes & Noble Powell's Collection # 00086E Main Subject Communication Theory Secondary Subject Information Theory Product Details LoC Classification TK5101 .S45 1998 Dewey 621.382 21 ISBN 0252725484 Edition 01 Printing 18 Paper Type acid-free Country USA Cover Price $14.95 Nr of Pages 125 First Edition Yes Rare No Original Details Original Title The Mathematical Theory of Communications Original Publisher University of Illinois Press Original Country USA Original Language English Original Publication Year 1949 Notes Foreward by Richard E. Blahut and Bruce Hajek