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# An Introduction to Information Theory, Symbols, Signals and Noise

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Review: I wish every topic had a book like this one to introduce newcomers. Information theory is itself fairly interesting, but I found that the author used intriguing examples from a broad variety of disciplines to capture the reader's attention. He also has something of a self-deprecating writing style that will bring a smile to your face once or twice in each chapter. I loved the discussion of language and letter frequency, and it was even more interesting since now easily accessible tools exist (like Google's ngram) which allow you to explore some of the data and concepts first hand. I've explored various error correction/detection schemes online to gain a cursory understanding - this book did far more for me thanks to the simple and straightforward examples. I feel confident I could write my own (albeit basic) error correction code now, thanks solely to this book. I admit that the n-dimensional hypersphere-based code correction is somewhat beyond an easy implementation for me, but still, the explanation is engaging and I feel confident that I can explain the basics of geometrical error correction codes on a high level, which will be useful to me in my course of work. Anyhow, this kind of book, with enough depth to be challenging for someone with a basic science background yet still casual enough to read a bit here and there without getting lost, is a rare find. Well worth the very reasonable price. I wager that even someone with little interest in science or math could find some very interesting gems here. Have a deamy day.
Review: ノイズのある伝送路における情報伝達の研究等を行い、情報理論の父と 呼ばれるシャノンが残した業績を、アメリカで初期の人工衛星開発に 携わった著者が、素人が知ったかぶりを出来る程度にとても平易に解説。 後半の「情報理論と心理学」、「情報理論とアート」等の章では、情報 理論とわれわれに身近な事柄との関連性について、著者独自の考察が なされていて興味深い。 なにも知らない門外漢が読んでも、シャノンの仕事（をわかったつもり にさせてくれて、そ）の凄さを感じさせてくれる本でした。 [...]

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #123,044 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #288 in Applied Mathematics #666 in Physics #823 in Computer Science |
| Customer reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (218) |
| Dimensions  | 13.97 x 1.91 x 21.59 cm |
| Edition  | 2nd Revised edition |
| ISBN-10  | 0486240614 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0486240619 |
| Item weight  | 294 g |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 336 pages |
| Publication date  | 1 November 1980 |
| Publisher  | Dover Publications |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by A***N on 19 April 2014*

I wish every topic had a book like this one to introduce newcomers. Information theory is itself fairly interesting, but I found that the author used intriguing examples from a broad variety of disciplines to capture the reader's attention. He also has something of a self-deprecating writing style that will bring a smile to your face once or twice in each chapter. I loved the discussion of language and letter frequency, and it was even more interesting since now easily accessible tools exist (like Google's ngram) which allow you to explore some of the data and concepts first hand. I've explored various error correction/detection schemes online to gain a cursory understanding - this book did far more for me thanks to the simple and straightforward examples. I feel confident I could write my own (albeit basic) error correction code now, thanks solely to this book. I admit that the n-dimensional hypersphere-based code correction is somewhat beyond an easy implementation for me, but still, the explanation is engaging and I feel confident that I can explain the basics of geometrical error correction codes on a high level, which will be useful to me in my course of work. Anyhow, this kind of book, with enough depth to be challenging for someone with a basic science background yet still casual enough to read a bit here and there without getting lost, is a rare find. Well worth the very reasonable price. I wager that even someone with little interest in science or math could find some very interesting gems here. Have a deamy day.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by い***の on 1 October 2011*

ノイズのある伝送路における情報伝達の研究等を行い、情報理論の父と 呼ばれるシャノンが残した業績を、アメリカで初期の人工衛星開発に 携わった著者が、素人が知ったかぶりを出来る程度にとても平易に解説。 後半の「情報理論と心理学」、「情報理論とアート」等の章では、情報 理論とわれわれに身近な事柄との関連性について、著者独自の考察が なされていて興味深い。 なにも知らない門外漢が読んでも、シャノンの仕事（をわかったつもり にさせてくれて、そ）の凄さを感じさせてくれる本でした。 [...]

### ⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by V***E on 25 March 2013*

This book was at the time very good for introduction in the field of information theory. From this point of view it is still very valuable. However, the filed has much evolved and possibly one might want to start reading some more modern introductory textbook.

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