An interesting tidbit from Hamming in The Art of Doing Science and Engineering [1][2] on the name "Information Theory"
> Information Theory was created by C.E.Shannon in the late 1940s. The management of Bell Telephone Labs wanted him to call it “Communication Theory” as that is a far more accurate name, but for obvious publicity reasons “Information Theory” has a much greater impact—thus Shannon chose and so it is known to this day.
> Information Theory was created by C.E.Shannon in the late 1940s. The management of Bell Telephone Labs wanted him to call it “Communication Theory” as that is a far more accurate name, but for obvious publicity reasons “Information Theory” has a much greater impact—thus Shannon chose and so it is known to this day.
[1] https://press.stripe.com/#the-art-of-doing-science-and-engin... [2] http://worrydream.com/refs/Hamming-TheArtOfDoingScienceAndEn...