H. W. Bode and C. E. Shannon, « A Simplified Derivation of Linear Least Square Smoothing andPrediction Theory », Decimal Classification: R 150, pp.628-656, 1950.

V. Bush, The differential analyzer. A new machine for solving differential equations, Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol.212, issue.4, pp.447-488, 1931.
DOI : 10.1016/S0016-0032(31)90616-9

L. Corry, Modern Algebra and the Rise of Mathematical Structures, 2004.
DOI : 10.1007/978-3-0348-7917-0

J. Crank, The differential Analyser, 1947.

G. Dewey, Relative Frequency of English Speech Sounds, 1923.

J. L. Doob, Probability as Measure, Probability as Measure, pp.206-214, 1941.
DOI : 10.1214/aoms/1177731749

M. Durand-richard, Logic versus algebra : English debates and Boole's mediation », Anthology on Boole, James Gasser Synthese Library, pp.139-166, 2000.

M. Fréchet, Méthode des fonctions arbitraires Théorie des événements en chaîne dans le cas d'un nombre fini d'états possibles, 1938.

L. S. Hill, Cryptography in an Algebraic Alphabet, The American Mathematical Monthly, vol.36, issue.6, pp.306-312, 1929.
DOI : 10.2307/2298294

L. S. Hill, Concerning Certain Linear Transformation Apparatus of Cryptography, The American Mathematical Monthly, vol.38, issue.3, pp.135-154, 1931.
DOI : 10.2307/2300969

D. Kahn, The codebreakers, the Story of Secret Writing, 1978.

M. Oliver, J. M. Pierce, and C. E. Shannon, « The Philosophy of Pulse Code Modulation », Decimal classification R 148, pp.151-159, 1948.

L. Owens, Vannevar Bush and the Differential Analyzer: the text and context of an Early Computer », Technology and Culture, pp.63-95, 1986.

K. H. Parshall and D. E. Rowe, The Emergence of the American Mathematical Community, 1876-1900, History of Maths, « Changes on the American Scene after 1876, 1994.

J. Segal, Le zéro et le un, histoire de la notion scientifique d'information au 20 !me siècle, 2003.

C. E. Shannon, A Symbolical Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits, Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineering, vol.5, pp.38-40, 1938.

C. E. Shannon, A letter from Shannon to Vannevar Bush, dated: 16th february 1939. Reprinted in Shannon's Collected Papers, pp.455-456, 1939.

C. E. Shannon, « An algebra for theoretical genetics, pp.891-920, 1940.

C. E. Shannon, The Theory and Design of Linear Differential Equation Machines, pp.514-570, 1942.

C. E. Shannon, Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems*, Bell System Technical Journal, vol.28, issue.4, pp.1946-1995
DOI : 10.1002/j.1538-7305.1949.tb00928.x

C. E. Shannon, N. J. Sloane, and A. D. Wyner, Collected Papers, 1993.

C. E. Shannon and W. Weaver, The Mathematical Theory of Communication John Wiley's & Sons. Sponsored by the Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineers Information Theory Society, pp.1842-1864, 1949.

W. Thomson, &. William, P. Tait, and . Guthrie, Mechanical Integration of the Linear Differential Equations of the Second Order with Variable Coefficients, Proceedings of the Royal Society Treatise on Natural Philosophy, pp.269-271, 1876.
DOI : 10.1098/rspl.1875.0035

G. S. Vernam, « Cipher Printing Telegraph Systems For Secret Wire and Radio Telegraphic Communications, Journal of the American Institue of Electrical Engineers, vol.55, pp.109-115, 1926.

V. Neumann and J. Morgenstern, The Theory of Games, 1947.