Who was the founder of the science of information theory? During which decade did he do his work? What is information entropy, and how does it relate to information redundancy? a) Name two types of...

Who was the founder of the science of information theory? During which decade did he do his work? What is information entropy, and how does it relate to information redundancy? a) Name two types of statistical coding. b) Name an advantage and a disadvantage of statistical coding.