The landmark event that established the discipline of information theory, and brought it to immediate worldwide attention, was the publication of [[Claude E. Shannon]]'s classic paper "[[A Mathematical Theory of Communication]]" in the ''[[Bell System Technical Journal]]'' in July and October of 1948. | The landmark event that established the discipline of information theory, and brought it to immediate worldwide attention, was the publication of [[Claude E. Shannon]]'s classic paper "[[A Mathematical Theory of Communication]]" in the ''[[Bell System Technical Journal]]'' in July and October of 1948. |