George Boole
George Boole | |
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 Boole in about 1860 | |
| Born | 2 November 1815 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Ingland |
| Dee'd | 8 December 1864 (aged 49) Ballintemple, Cork, Ireland |
| Naitionality | Breetish |
| Eddication | Bainbridge's Commercial Academy[1] |
| Releegion | Unitarian |
| Era | 19t-century filosofie |
| Region | Wastren Filosofie |
| Schuil | Mathematical foondations o computin |
| Institutions | Lincoln Mechanics' Institution[2] Queen's College, Cork |
Main interests | Mathematics, Logic, Filosofie o mathematics |
Notable ideas | Boolean algebra |
George Boole (/ˈbuːl/; 2 November 1815 – 8 December 1864) wis an Inglis mathematician, eddicator, filosofer an logician. He wirked in the fields o differential equations an algebraic logic, an is best kent as the author o The Laws of Thought (1854) which conteens Boolean algebra. Boolean logic is creditit wi laying the foondations for the information age.[3]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "George Boole", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
- ↑ Hill, p. 149; Google Books.
- ↑ "Who is George Boole: the mathematician behind the Google doodle". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 November 2015.
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