TITLE: Introduction to Information Theory
QUESTION [6 upvotes]: I'm studying bioengineering but in conversations and reading I've found that a great background in information theory as it applies to probability, statistics, random process, causation and inference is really useful. Can someone recommend some textbooks that cover information theory not so much from a communications standpoint? 
Thanks!

REPLY [2 votes]: A belated, but perhaps interesting addition.  Claude Shannon, did think and write about genetics.  The following link describes some of it: 
Shannon's Brief Foray into Genetics