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Information Theory Books
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by (shelved 64 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.04 — 16,927 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 23 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.20 — 320 ratings — published 1991

by (shelved 22 times as information-theory)
avg rating 3.90 — 796 ratings — published 1961

by (shelved 20 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,804 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 20 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.39 — 680 ratings — published 1949

by (shelved 18 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.52 — 487 ratings — published 2002

by (shelved 11 times as information-theory)
avg rating 3.96 — 49 ratings — published 1965

by (shelved 10 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.09 — 153 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 7 times as information-theory)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,484 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 7 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.00 — 746 ratings — published 1948

by (shelved 6 times as information-theory)
avg rating 3.92 — 24 ratings — published 1957

by (shelved 6 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.03 — 40,474 ratings — published 1987

by (shelved 6 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.09 — 921 ratings — published 2006

by (shelved 5 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.17 — 38,093 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 5 times as information-theory)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published

by (shelved 5 times as information-theory)
avg rating 3.95 — 19 ratings — published 1980

by (shelved 5 times as information-theory)
avg rating 3.91 — 198 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 5 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.39 — 528 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 5 times as information-theory)
avg rating 3.79 — 28 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 4 times as information-theory)
avg rating 3.80 — 225 ratings — published

by (shelved 4 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.29 — 256 ratings — published

by (shelved 4 times as information-theory)
avg rating 3.42 — 449 ratings — published 2010

by (shelved 4 times as information-theory)
avg rating 3.86 — 14 ratings — published 1968

by (shelved 4 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.00 — 7 ratings — published 1990

by (shelved 4 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.29 — 51,916 ratings — published 1979

by (shelved 3 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.50 — 10 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 3 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published

by (shelved 3 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.33 — 16,129 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 3 times as information-theory)
avg rating 3.83 — 6 ratings — published 2002

by (shelved 3 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.70 — 10 ratings — published 1962

by (shelved 3 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,489 ratings — published 2006

by (shelved 3 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.23 — 116,091 ratings — published 1999

by (shelved 3 times as information-theory)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,065 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 3 times as information-theory)
avg rating 3.65 — 26 ratings — published 1987

by (shelved 3 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.19 — 261 ratings — published 1973

by (shelved 3 times as information-theory)
avg rating 3.66 — 32 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 3 times as information-theory)
avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published 2002

by (shelved 3 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.43 — 7 ratings — published 1979

by (shelved 3 times as information-theory)
avg rating 3.60 — 5 ratings — published 1987

by (shelved 3 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.05 — 20 ratings — published 1997

by (shelved 2 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.46 — 3,665 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.50 — 12 ratings — published 1989

by (shelved 2 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.33 — 6 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 2 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.06 — 12,946 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 2 times as information-theory)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 1994

by (shelved 2 times as information-theory)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1961

by (shelved 2 times as information-theory)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,712 ratings — published 2023

by (shelved 2 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.73 — 11 ratings — published 1993

by (shelved 2 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.15 — 46,798 ratings — published 1988

by (shelved 2 times as information-theory)
avg rating 4.23 — 7,922 ratings — published 1990

“For Wiener, entropy was a measure of disorder; for Shannon, of uncertainty. Fundamentally, as they were realizing, these were the same.”
― The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
― The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

“Even when money seemed to be material treasure, heavy in pockets and ships' holds and bank vaults, it always was information. Coins and notes, shekels and cowries were all just short-lived technologies for tokenizing information about who owns what.”
― The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
― The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood