Shannon, Claude Elwood (1916–2001) that knowledge to the design of the electromechanical relays used in telephone switching at the time. He then demonstrated that such relays could be used to solve Boolean algebra problems. While at Bell Labs, Shannon continued that work and published “A Mathematical Theory of Communication,” which became the foundation for digital circuit design and provided the basis for determining the capacity of a channel in bits per second (bps). Shannon later made significant contributions in the areas of cryptology and sampling theory. See also Boolean logic and Shannon’s Law. |