title: Understanding Information Transmission
author:  John B. Anderson 
description: A fascinating introduction into the field of information technology
zlib_text: P
  ermission
  T
  o
  Distribute
  Electronically
  On
  W
  ed
  F
  eb.
  ,
  		
  I
  wrote
  John
  Kimmel
  (Senior
  Editor,
  Statistics,
  Springer-
  V
  erlag):
  T
  o:
  jkimmel@w
  o
  rldnet.att.net
  W
  ed
  F
  eb
  
  ::
  		
  Dear
  Mr.
  Kimmel,
  Ab
  out
  	
  y
  ears
  ago
  I
  wrote
  and
  published
  a
  b
  o
  ok
  in
  y
  our
  Lecture
  Notes
  series,
  V
  ol.
  ,
  Ba
  y
  esian
  Sp
  ectrum
  Analysis
  and
  P
  arameter
  Estimation.
  It
  has
  come
  to
  m
  y
  atten
  tion
  that
  this
  b
  o
  ok
  is
  no
  w
  out
  of
  prin
  t.
  I
  still
  receiv
  e
  requests
  for
  copies
  of
  this
  b
  o
  ok
  (although,
  not
  large
  n
  um
  b
  ers
  of
  them).
  I
  main
  tain
  an
  FTP/WWW
  site
  for
  distribution
  of
  materials
  on
  Ba
  y
  esian
  Probabilit
  y
  theory
  ,
  and
  I
  w
  as
  w
  ondering
  if
  y
  ou,
  Springer,
  w
  ould
  mind
  if
  I
  p
  osted
  a
  cop
  y
  of
  m
  y
  b
  o
  ok.
  As
  Springer
  o
  wns
  the
  cop
  yrigh
  ts
  to
  this
  b
  o
  ok,
  I
  will
  not
  p
  ost
  it
  without
  p
  ermission.
  So
  m
  y
  question
  is
  really
  t
  w
  o
  fold,
  do
  es
  Springer
  plan
  to
  bring
  out
  a
  second
  prin
  ting
  and,
  if
  not,
  ma
  y
  I
  p
  ost
  a
  cop
  y
  of
  it
  on
  the
  net
  w
  ork?
  Sincerely
  ,
  Larry
  Bretthorst,
  Ph.D.
  Phone
  --			
  