A Mathematical Theory of Communication (1948) by C. E. Shannon [0][1]<p>Information theory: a Tutorial Introduction (2nd Edition) by James V Stone bit more modern introduction/hands-on approach.<p>-----<p>[0] : paper : <a href="https://people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/others/shannon/entropy/entropy.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/others/shanno...</a><p>current book version of paper is 16th addition.<p>[1] : Why [0] matters : <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-claude-shannons-information-theory-invented-the-future-20201222/" rel="nofollow">https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-claude-shannons-informati...</a>
Engineering & Technology wiki is one place to start [0][1][2]<p>[0] : <a href="https://ethw.org/Category:Computing_and_electronics" rel="nofollow">https://ethw.org/Category:Computing_and_electronics</a><p>[1] : <a href="https://ethw.org/Category:Computer_science" rel="nofollow">https://ethw.org/Category:Computer_science</a><p>[2] : <a href="https://history.acm.org/acm-history/" rel="nofollow">https://history.acm.org/acm-history/</a>
Ideas that Created the Future by Harry Lewis has been a great read, I highly recommend it. It is a book full of the most influential papers for the field of computer science, according to the author. The author is a professor of computer science. He does a great job placing each paper in context and history, as well as explaining any dated concepts that modern developers aren't necessarily familiar with.