由香农(C.Shannon)提出的通讯传播的数学理论,本来是用于工程技术的,然而它的重要性及其应用范围远远超越了工程技术的范畴。韦弗(W.Weaver)归纳了香农数学理论的要点,并阐述了这一理论在人类社会整个传播问题方面的重要性。《哲学评论》杂志把这一理论称之为“……把迄今为止所有自然科学不同分支统 The mathematics theory of communication, proposed by C. Shannon, was originally intended for engineering, but its importance and its scope of application goes far beyond engineering. W.Weaver summarizes the main points of Shannon’s mathematical theory and expounds the importance of this theory in the entire issue of human society. The Philosophical Review calls this theory "... the division of all branches of natural science so far