Claude Shannon
A Mathematical Theory of Communication (1948)
Read the paper →The Canon.
Foundational works that shaped computing, engineering, and modern AI. Links point to original papers or authoritative sources.
Why it matters
- Trace modern ideas back to their origin
- Read the primary source, not a summary
- Build technical literacy over time
Landmark works
Alan Turing
On Computable Numbers (1936)
Read the paper →Attention Is All You Need
Vaswani et al. (2017)
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