Shannon's Information Theory

I never read original papers of the greatest scientists, but I got so intrigued by the information theory that I gave Claude Shannon's seminal paper a read. In this single paper, Shannon introduced this new fundamental theory. He raised the right questions, which no one else even thought of asking. This would have been enough to make this contribution earthshaking. But amazingly enough, Shannon also provided most of the right answers with class and elegance. In comparison, it took decades for a dozen of top physicists to define the basics of quantum theory. Meanwhile, Shannon constructed something equivalent, all by himself, in a single paper. Shannon's theory has since transformed the world like no other ever had, from information technologies to telecommunications, from theoretical physics to economical globalization, from everyday life to philosophy. I don't think Shannon has had the credits he deserves.