A Mathematical Theory of Communication

A mathematical account of communication under uncertainty. Separate the quantity of information in a model from the meaning or truth of a message.

How to study this source

How can a message carry information without being meaningful or true?
coreOpening overview and the first section that addresses the pathway question. Stop after 30–45 minutes; this is selected reading.
A mathematical account of communication under uncertainty. Separate the quantity of information in a model from the meaning or truth of a message.
How can a message carry information without being meaningful or true?
coreAbstract and Introduction, then the first developed argument or experiment.
A mathematical account of communication under uncertainty. Separate the quantity of information in a model from the meaning or truth of a message.

Read background definitions when a term blocks the argument. Then return to the source and reconstruct its claim in your own words.