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单词 Boole, George (1815–64)
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Boole, George (1815–64)

Mathematics
  • who was one of the founding fathers of mathematical logic. His major work, published in 1854, is his Investigation of the Laws of Thought. The kind of symbolic argument that he developed led to the study of so-called Boolean algebras, of interest in computing and algebra. His work, together with that of De Morgan and others, helped to pave the way for the development of modern algebra.


Statistics
  • with a flair for languages. At school Boole excelled at Latin and by the age of 16 was an assistant school teacher, whilst studying mathematics for his own interest. To support his parents he opened his own school, continuing with his work in mathematics. This work became so well known that at the age of 35 he was appointed Professor of Mathematics at Queen’s College, Cork. His An Investigation into the Laws of Thought, on Which are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities, in which he introduced what is now known as Boolean algebra, was published in 1854. This algebra has found many applications, particularly in the design of computers. He was elected FRS in 1857.

    http://www.kerryr.net/pioneers/boole.htm Fuller biography and portrait.


Computer
  • Largely self-taught in mathematics, Boole began to publish a series of original in influential papers in 1839. In 1849 he became professor of mathematics at Queen’s (now University) College, Cork, despite having no degree himself. From the perspective of computer science, his most important work was his innovative algebraic treatment of logic, first presented in his pamphlet ‘Mathematical Analysis of Logic’ (1847) and subsequently elaborated in An Investigation into the Laws of Thought, on Which Are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities (1854). This system, in which symbols representing logical values are manipulated by operators according to the principles of logic, is now called Boolean algebra and is fundamental to the operation of computers.


Philosophy
  • Born in Lincoln and educated locally, Boole worked as a schoolmaster until he gained recognition as a mathematician, and became professor at Queen's College, Cork, Ireland, in 1849. His pamphlet The Mathematical Analysis of Logic (1847) pioneered the assimilation of logic to mathematics, or the algebra of classes. The work was continued in An Investigation of the Laws of Thought (1854). Boole also published many works in pure mathematics, and on the theory of probability. His name is remembered in the title of Boolean algebra, and the algebraic operations he investigated are denoted by Boolean operators.


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