The scientific conceptualization of information: a survey
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
Elements of information theory
Elements of information theory
Reckoners: The Prehistory of the Digital Computer, from Relays to the Stored Program Concept, 1935-1945
History of Computing in the Twentieth Century
History of Computing in the Twentieth Century
50 Years After Breaking the Codes: Interviews with Two of the Bletchley Park Scientists
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
A History of Modern Computing
Otto Blumenthal (1876--1944) in retrospect
Journal of Approximation Theory
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
Detection of stochastic processes
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
The origins of the sampling theorem
IEEE Communications Magazine
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This paper discusses the work of Herbert Raabe (1909-2004) and its significance in terms of sampling. Raabe's thesis, published in 1939, represents a milestone in the development of sampling, as pointed out in the historical works of Luke. Raabe built and analysed the first time-division multiplex system for telephony, a task that required of him a thorough understanding of sampling, including sampling with pulses of finite duration and sampling of low-pass and band-pass signals. We analyse his approach, its significance from the viewpoint of sampling, the generality of its conclusions, and also the milieu that lead to his remarkable achievements: the exceptional research climate existing in Berlin at the time he worked. We also examine the connection between ''Raabe's condition'', the work of Harry Nyquist (1924, 1928) on telegraphy and the so-called ''Nyquist rate''. An English translation of the sections of Raabe's dissertation more closely related to sampling is included as an appendix.