George Boole

Mathematician

1815-11-02 – 1864-12-08

George Boole was an English mathematician and logician whose work established Boolean algebra. He served as the first professor of mathematics at Queen's College Cork. His symbolic logic became foundational to modern digital computing.

Books by George Boole

An Investigation of the Laws of Thought (Barnes & Noble)
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A treatise on differential equations
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A treatise on the calculus of finite differences
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Quotes by George Boole

No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful.
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To unfold the secret laws and relations of those high faculties of thought by which all beyond the merely perceptive knowledge of the world and of ourselves is attained or matured, is a object which does not stand in need of commendation to a rational mind.
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