Information Theory

1929. First edition. Fine. Relationship of Information to the Physical World Szilard, Leo (1898-1964). Über die Entropieverminderung in einem thermodynamischen System bei Eingriffen intelligenter Wesen. In Zeitschrift für Physik 53 (1929): 840-856. Whole volume. vii, 889pp. Text illustrations. 223 x 152 mm. Library buckram. Fine. Embossed library stamp of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Laboratory on the front free endpaper, library call number on spine. Boxed. First Edition of... Read more about this item

New York: Humanities Press, 1970-07-31. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good+. 6x0x9. Humanities Press, 1970; no later printings indicated; [ix], 336, [2 ads] pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; discoloration/mottling to spine and a portion of front board, cloth color faded, gilt titling still legible; light wear to edges of blue cloth boards otherwise; text very good; light foxing to edges of page block; publisher's review copy slip glued to front end page. Dustjacket has some toning, wear... Read more about this item

McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 1963. Hardcover. Good. 1963. 201 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with black lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean.

New York: McGraw Hill. 1963. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Owner name, printed stamp on FEP. Rubbing, few small open tears along panel edges. .

New York: American Telephone and Telegraph Co, 1928. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION OF RALPH HARTLEY'S FOUNDATIONAL PAPER ON INFORMATION THEORY -- work that was "the single most important prerequisite" for Shannon's theory of information" (Wikipedia). Shannon acknowledged his debt to Hartley in the first paragraph of his landmark 1948 paper "A mathematical theory of communication," -- the paper in which Shannon introduced a qualitative and quantitative model of communication that solved the problem of... Read more about this item