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Boole (other)
George Boole (1815–1864) was a British mathematician and philosopher, and originator of Boolean algebra. Boole may also refer to: * Boole (band), an electronic music group from the United States * Boole (crater), a lunar crater * Boole (tree), a giant sequoia tree in Sequoia National Forest People with the name * Alicia Boole or Alicia Boole Stott (1860–1940), mathematician and daughter of Mary Everest and George Boole * Mary Everest Boole (1832–1916), mathematician and wife of George Boole * Sasha Boole (born 1988), Ukrainian singer and songwriter * William H. Boole (1827–1896), pastor and prohibitionist in New York See also * Bool (other) * Boolean (other) * Boule (other) {{Disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Boole
George Boole (; 2 November 1815 – 8 December 1864) was a largely self-taught English mathematician, philosopher, and logician, most of whose short career was spent as the first professor of mathematics at Queen's College, Cork in Ireland. He worked in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic, and is best known as the author of ''The Laws of Thought'' (1854) which contains Boolean algebra. Boolean logic is credited with laying the foundations for the Information Age. Early life Boole was born in 1815 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, the son of John Boole senior (1779–1848), a shoemaker and Mary Ann Joyce. He had a primary school education, and received lessons from his father, but due to a serious decline in business, he had little further formal and academic teaching. William Brooke, a bookseller in Lincoln, may have helped him with Latin, which he may also have learned at the school of Thomas Bainbridge. He was self-taught in modern languages.H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
