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George Boole ( BOOL; 2 November 1815 – 8 December 1864) was an English autodidact, mathematician, philosopher and logician who served 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, essential to computer programming, is credited with helping to lay the foundations for the Information Age.Boole was the son of a shoemaker. He received a primary school education and learned Latin and modern languages through various means. At 16, he began teaching to support his family. He established his own school at 19 and later ran a boarding school in Lincoln. Boole was an active member of local societies and collaborated with fellow mathematicians. In 1849, he was appointed the first professor of mathematics at Queen's College, Cork (now University College Cork) in Ireland, where he met his future wife, Mary Everest. He continued his involvement in social causes and maintained connections with Lincoln. In 1864, Boole died due to fever-induced pleural effusion after developing pneumonia.Boole published around 50 articles and several separate publications in his lifetime. Some of his key works include a paper on early invariant theory and "The Mathematical Analysis of Logic", which introduced symbolic logic. Boole also wrote two systematic treatises: "Treatise on Differential Equations" and "Treatise on the Calculus of Finite Differences". He contributed to the theory of linear differential equations and the study of the sum of residues of a rational function. In 1847, Boole developed Boolean algebra, a fundamental concept in binary logic, which laid the groundwork for the algebra of logic tradition and forms the foundation of digital circuit design and modern computer science. Boole also attempted to discover a general method in probabilities, focusing on determining the consequent probability of events logically connected to given probabilities.Boole's work was expanded upon by various scholars, such as Charles Sanders Peirce and William Stanley Jevons. Boole's ideas later gained practical applications when Claude Shannon and Victor Shestakov employed Boolean algebra to optimize the design of electromechanical relay systems, leading to the development of modern electronic digital computers. His contributions to mathematics earned him various honours, including the Royal Society's first gold prize for mathematics, the Keith Medal, and honorary degrees from the Universities of Dublin and Oxford. University College Cork celebrated the 200th anniversary of Boole's birth in 2015, highlighting his significant impact on the digital age.

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George Boole sinh ngày 2 tháng 11 năm 1815 ở London. Ông là con trai một nhà bán tạp hóa nhỏ. Vì nhà nghèo nên từ năm 16 tuổi, ông đã phải bươn chải kiếm sống, phụ giúp gia đình bằng nghề dạy học.

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George Boole (1815–1864) was an English mathematician, philosopher, and logician best known for inventing Boolean algebra, a foundational system in symbolic logic that underpins modern...

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George Boole, English mathematician who helped establish modern symbolic logic and whose algebra of logic, now called Boolean algebra, is basic to the design of digital computer circuits.

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Where traditional (Aristotelian) logic relied on cataloging the valid syllogisms of various simple forms, Boole's method provided general algorithms in an algebraic language which applied to an infinite variety of arguments of arbitrary complexity.

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Learn about George Boole through our interactive timeline of his life events. George Boole is born on 2 November 1815 in Lincoln, England; he is the first child of John Boole, a shoemaker, and his wife Mary Ann, who was a lady's maid. Read more.

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George Boole (1815-1864) was an English mathematician and a founder of the algebraic tradition in logic. He worked as a schoolmaster in England and from 1849 until his death as professor of mathematics at Queen's University, Cork, Ireland.

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The British mathematician and philosopher George Boole, along with his near contemporary and countryman Augustus de Morgan, was one of the few since Leibniz to give any serious thought to logic and its mathematical implications.

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George Boole approached logic in a new way reducing it to a simple algebra, incorporating logic into mathematics. He also worked on differential equations, the calculus of finite differences and general methods in probability. George Boole's parents were Mary Ann Joyce and John Boole.

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Born: Nov 2, 1815, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Died: Dec 8, 1864 (at age 49) in Ballintemple, County Cork, Ireland Nationality: English Famous For: Boolean Logic George Boole was an English mathematician and the founder of an algebraic tradition in logic.

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This chapter describes the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive using the definitive biography of Boole called " George Boole: His Life and Work," by Desmond MacHale and the biography written by O'Connor and Robertson.

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