Von Neumann advised Shannon to use the word “entropy” on the grounds that “Nobody knows what entropy really is, so in a debate you will always have the advantage.”
This is hindsight. In 1948, Shannon and von Neumann were obviously aware of a deep analogy, but nothing more than that. The position you take was made popular by Jaynes only in 1957, nine years later.
Gowers quoting H-T Yau quoting Shannon quoting von Neumann
Well, there’s also the issue that they’re fundamentally the same thing.
This is hindsight. In 1948, Shannon and von Neumann were obviously aware of a deep analogy, but nothing more than that. The position you take was made popular by Jaynes only in 1957, nine years later.
Made popular by, yes. Invented? Not according to Jaynes, who saw it as implicit in the work of Gibbs.