The Life and Work of George Boole : A Prelude to the Digital Age /

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This book, aimed at the general reader and now available again, is the first full-length biography of George Boole (1815-1864) who has been variously described as the founder of pure mathematics, one of the fathers of computer science and discoverer of symbolic logic.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: MacHale, Desmond
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cork : Cork University Press, 2014.
Edition:New edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Boole, George, > 1815-1864.
Mathematicians.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
Mathematiciens > Irlande > Biographies.
Mathematiciens > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Mathematicians > Ireland > Biography.
Mathematicians > Great Britain > Biography.
Ireland.
Great Britain.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Early Life
  • His Own Master
  • Social Involvement
  • Early Mathematical Work
  • The Cork Professorship
  • Queen's College Cork
  • Love and Marriage
  • The Cuvierian Society
  • The Laws of Thought
  • Controversy
  • Family Life and Social Attitudes
  • Poetry
  • Boole and Hamilton : Some Unanswered Questions
  • Religion
  • Later Mathematical Work
  • The Final Years
  • The Remarkable Boole Family.

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