How Entropy Shapes Information and Entertainment #6
1. Introduction to Entropy: The Foundation of Disorder and Uncertainty
a. Defining entropy in thermodynamics and information theory
Entropy originated in thermodynamics as a measure of disorder within a physical system, representing the degree of randomness or chaos. In the realm of information theory, introduced by Claude Shannon in 1948, entropy quantifies the unpredictability or information content of a message. Essentially, higher […]