Shannon’s crowning academic achievement, his 1948 publication of “A Mathematical Theory of Communication,” immediately found an audience among engineers looking to send messages faster and with ...

On this day in tech history, Claude Shannon, an EE and mathematician known as "the father of information theory,” was born.

published the ' Mathematical Theory of Communication, ' which is the basic theory of current communication technology. In this treatise, Shannon uses the word 'bit' for the first time.

Relationship therapist Shannon Thompson Jones joined ARC Florida this time to discuss a common issue faced by many couples.

This equation was published in the 1949 book The Mathematical Theory of Communication, co-written by Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver. An elegant way to work out how efficient a code could be, it ...

Published in 1948 while Shannon was working at AT&T's Bell Telephone Laboratories, A Mathematical Theory of Communication offered a precise definition of information content in terms of the number of ...

The mathematics that describe both sensory perception and the transmission of information turn out to have remarkable similarities.

Google Doodle honored Claude Shannon, the ‘Father of Information Theory,’ on his 100th birthday. He’s also known for inventions such as the rocket-powered Frisbee, a flame-throwing trumpet ...