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Journey into Information Theory

Khan Academy

1 recommender · 1 thread · recommended in 1 year, 2015 · score 0.7

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An introductory Khan Academy computer science course that covers information theory basics, including how information is measured and encoded. It is part of Khan Academy's "Journey into..." series alongside its cryptography course.

A commenter calls Khan Academy's "Journey into" lessons ones that "changed the way I think about the world" and urges everyone to check this one out.

Mathematicsbeginnerfreemixed#information theory#khan academy#entropy#coding#computer science

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  1. Recommendsdrewblaisdell2015in “Pixar in a Box – Khan Academy”

    Not a comment about this specifically, but I'm a big fan of your other courses on Khan Academy. They changed the way I think about the world. I can't overstate how grateful I am that you created them.

    Everyone should check out these lessons:

    Journey into cryptography: https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-science/crypt...

    Journey into information theory: https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-science/infor...

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