George Boole

Thinkers1815 to 1864Mathematician and logician

Works

  • The Mathematical Analysis of Logic, 1847
  • An Investigation of the Laws of Thought, 1854

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An English mathematician who recast logic as an algebra of classes and propositions. The algebra that carries his name underlies propositional logic and digital circuit design.

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