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The connection between entropy and information emerged more clearly with Claude Shannon’s development of Information Theory, which introduced Shannon entropy. This form of entropy explores hidden information within a system, signifying how much we can learn through measurement. Shannon entropy applies broadly across informational systems and is more foundational in character than traditional thermodynamic entropy, encapsulating various contexts.
Interestingly, it was during a dialogue with the eminent Hungarian physicist John von Neumann that Shannon adopted the term "entropy." Von Neumann, who had developed his own version of entropy suited for quantum systems, recognized the deeper implications of Shannon's work.