Hans Christian von Baeyer Quote

Claude Shannon, the founder of information theory, invented a way to measure 'the amount of information' in a message without defining the word 'information' itself, nor even addressing the question of the meaning of the message.


Chapter 4, Counting Bits, The scientific measure of information, p. 28 - Information, The New Language of Science (2003)


Claude Shannon, the founder of information theory, invented a way to measure 'the amount of information' in a message without defining the word...

Claude Shannon, the founder of information theory, invented a way to measure 'the amount of information' in a message without defining the word...

Claude Shannon, the founder of information theory, invented a way to measure 'the amount of information' in a message without defining the word...

Claude Shannon, the founder of information theory, invented a way to measure 'the amount of information' in a message without defining the word...