{"product_id":"claude-e-shannon-9780780304345","title":"Claude E. Shannon","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis important book, the first published collection of papers by Claude E. Shannon, is a fascinating guide to all of the published articles from this world-renowned inventor, tinkerer, puzzle-solver, prankster, and father of information theory. Includes his seminal article THE MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF COMMUNICATION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction.  \u003cp\u003eBiography of Claude Elwood Shannon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfile of Claude Shannon — Interview by Anthony Liversidge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography of Claude Elwood Shannon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart A: COMMUNICATION THEORY, INFORMATION THEORY, CRYPTOGRAPHY.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to Part A.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePapers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Mathematical Theory of Communication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunication Theory of Secrecy Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalogue of the Vernam System for Continuous Time Series.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Best Detection of Pulses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(With B.M. Oliver and J.R. Pierce) The Philosophy of PCM.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunication in the Presence of Noise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunication Theory — Exposition of Fundamentals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Treatment of the Problem of Coding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Lattice Theory of Information.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion of Preceding Three Papers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecent Developments in Communication Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrediction and Entropy of Printed English.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEfficient Coding of a Binary Source With One Very Infrequent Symbol.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInformation Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Zero Error Capacity of a Noisy Channel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCertain Results in Coding Theory for Noisy Channels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome Geometrical Results in Channel Capacity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note on a Partial Ordering for Communication Channels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChannels With Side Information at the Transmitter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProbability of Error for Optimal Codes in a Gaussian Channel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoding Theorems for a Discrete Source With a Fidelity Criterion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo-Way Communication Channels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(With R.G. Gallager and E.R. Berlekamp) Lower Bounds to Error Probability for Coding on Discrete Memoryless Channels I.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(With R.G. Gallager and E.R. Berlekamp) Lower Bounds to Error Probability for Coding on Discrete Memoryless Channels II.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLetter to Vannevar Bush.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(With B.M. Oliver) Circuits for a P.C.M. Transmitter and Receiver.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome Topics on Information Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcavity of Transmission Rate as a Function of Input Probabilities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rate of Approach to Ideal Coding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bandwagon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes to Part A.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart B: COMPUTERS, CIRCUITS, GAMES.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to Part B.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePapers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMathematical Theory of the Differential Analyzer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Theory and Design of Linear Differential Equation Machines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(With John Riordan) The Number of Two-Terminal Switching Series-Parallel Networks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNetwork Rings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Theorem on Coloring the Lines of a Network.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Synthesis of Two-Terminal Switching Circuits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(With H.W. Bode) A Simplified Derivation of Linear Least Square Smoothing and Prediction Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProgramming a Computer for Playing Chess.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Chess-Playing Machine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMemory Requirements in a Telephone Exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Symmetrical Notation for Numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Method of Power or Signal Transmission to a Moving Vehicle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePresentation of a Maze Solving Machine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Mind-Reading (?) Machine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Potentialities of Computers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrobac I.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(With E. F. Moore) Machine Aid for Switching Circuit Design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComputers and Automata.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRealization of all 16 Switching Functions of Two Variables Requires 18 Contacts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(With D.W. Hagelbarger) A Relay Laboratory Outfit for Colleges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Edited Jointly with John McCarthy) \u003ci\u003eAutomata Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (Preface, etc.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Universal Turing Machine With Two Internal States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(With Karel de Leeuw, Edward F. Moore and N. Shapiro) Computability by Probabilistic Machines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome Results on Ideal Rectifier Circuits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Simultaneous Synthesis of \u003ci\u003eS\u003c\/i\u003e Switching Functions of \u003ci\u003eN\u003c\/i\u003e Variables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(With D. W. Hagelbarger) Concavity of Resistance Functions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGame Playing Machines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(With Peter Elias and Amiel Feinstein) A Note on the Maximum Flow Through a Network.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(With Edward F. Moore) Reliable Circuits Using Less Reliable Relays I.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(With Edward F. Moore) Reliable Circuits Using Less Reliable Relays II.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVon Neumann's Contributions to Automata Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComputers and Automation—Progress and Promise in the Twentieth Century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClaude Shannon's No-Drop Juggling Diorama.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScientific Aspects of Juggling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbstracts, Etc.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Use of the Lakatos-Hickman Relay in a Subscriber Sender.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Study of the Deflection Mechanism and Some Results on Rate Finders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBacklash in Overdamped Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome Experimental Results on the Deflection Mechanism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(With C.L. Dolph) The Transient Behavior of a Large Number of Four-Terminal Unilateral Linear Networks Connected in Tandem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview of \u003ci\u003eTransformations on Lattices and Structures of Logic\u003c\/i\u003e by Stephen A. Kiss.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview of \u003ci\u003eCybernetics, or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine\u003c\/i\u003e by Norbert Wiener.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview of \u003ci\u003eDescription of a Relay Calculator\u003c\/i\u003e, by the staff of the [Harvard] Computation Laboratory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(With E.F. Moore) The Relay Circuit Analyzer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(With E.F. Moore) The Relay Circuit Synthesizer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes to Part B.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART C: GENETICS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to Part C.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoctoral Dissertation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Algebra for Theoretical Genetics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes to Part C.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePermissions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404986982743,"sku":"9780780304345","price":200.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780780304345.jpg?v=1730488289","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/claude-e-shannon-9780780304345","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}