BusinessInformation Theory: Intellectual Foundation for the Digital AgeFacebookXLinkedInEmailLinkGiftExpandClaude ShannonPhotograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty ImagesFacebookXLinkedInEmailLinkGiftGift this articleContact us:Provide news feedback or report an errorConfidential tip?Send a tip to our reportersSite feedback:Take our SurveyNew WindowFacebookXLinkedInEmailLinkGiftBy Drake BennettDecember 4, 2014 at 11:33 PM UTCBookmarkSaveLock This article is for subscribers only.This article is part of the December 8, 2014 issue of businessweek.Chevron RightExpand 1948 A Mathematical Theory of Communication, by Bell Labs researcher Claude Shannon, is published, laying the intellectual foundation for the Digital Age
