I have just finished reading Decoding the Universe by Charles Seife, which tells a fascinating tale about the emergence of information theory over the past hundred years.  I have read many texts on classical physics, quantum theory, and the mathematics behind modern information technology.  However, while many have given good insight into their particular field, none have done so wonderful a job of tying all of these disciplines together as Charles Seife does in this text.  The great scientific revolution of our generation is that of information theory and this book presents summaries of the many great theories and articles that have led...