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Shanon's

Shannon's work on Information theory. Maybe the math wasn't new but the ideas (such as positing a qualitative metric of information and identifying its relevance to design of communication systems) definitely were.

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Shanon's work on Information theory. Maybe the math wasn't new but the ideas (such as positing a qualitative metric of information and identifying its relevance to design of communication systems) definitely were.