I would have expected early information theory, at least the concept of the parity bit, to have been invented alongside the telegraph, or even the heliograph.
If feels like information theory was an idea behind its time. What was blocking its discovery?
I would have expected early information theory, at least the concept of the parity bit, to have been invented alongside the telegraph, or even the heliograph.
If feels like information theory was an idea behind its time. What was blocking its discovery?