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A Mathematical Theory of Communication on “Papers That Wrecked My Sleep”, a list by Marcus Ellison on TheLysts.

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Name
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Paper
Claude Shannon, 1948 — founding paper of information theory
Field
Information Theory
My Take
Wild that the guy basically invented the bit and then went home to juggle and ride a unicycle. Absolute unit of a nerd, respect.