Notes and further reading

To learn more about the topics that were covered in this chapter, take a look at the following resources:

1. For a short but very readable discussion on the broader aspects of what information is, I like the book by L. Floridi, Information: A Very Short Introduction, 1st Edition (2010), Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN: 978-0199551378.
2. For additional texts on the mathematical aspects of information theory, see the following:
   1. For a modern readable introduction to the mathematical theory of information, I like the book by J.V. Stone, Information Theory: A Tutorial Introduction, 1st Edition (2015), Sebtel Press. ISBN: 978-0956372857.
   2. Another accessible and well-established account of mathematical information theory is the book by J.R. Pierce, An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise, Revised 2nd Edition (2003), Dover Publications, New York, USA. ISBN: 978-0486240619.
   3. The most authoritative textbook on information theory...