Author: Brendan Dooley
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262535009
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 249
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Lectures, many never before published, that offer insights into the early thinking of the mathematician and polymath George Boole. George Boole (1815–1864), remembered by history as the developer of an eponymous form of algebraic logic, can be considered a pioneer of the information age not only because of the application of Boolean logic to the design of switching circuits but also because of his contributions to the mass distribution of knowledge. In the classroom and the lecture hall, Boole interpreted recent discoveries and debates in a wide range of fields for a general audience. This collection of lectures, many never before published, offers insights into the early thinking of an innovative mathematician and intellectual polymath. Bertrand Russell claimed that “pure mathematics was discovered by Boole,” but before Boole joined a university faculty as professor of mathematics in 1849, advocacy for science and education occupied much of his time. He was deeply committed to the Victorian ideals of social improvement and cooperation, arguing that “the continued exercise of reason” joined all disciplines in a common endeavor. In these talks, Boole discusses the genius of Isaac Newton; ancient mythologies and forms of worship; the possibility of other inhabited planets in the universe; the virtues of free and open access to knowledge; the benefits of leisure; the quality of education; the origin of scientific knowledge; and the fellowship of intellectual culture. The lectures are accompanied by a substantive introduction by Brendan Dooley, the editor of the volume, that supplies biographical and historical context.
Author: Des MacHale
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781782050049
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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First edition published in 1985 as: George Boole: his life and work. Dublin: Boole Press, 1985.
Author: George Boole
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Analysis (Philosophy).
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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Author: Paul J. Nahin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691176000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 245
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Third printing. First paperback printing. Original copyright date: 2013.
Author: George Boole
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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Author: George Boole
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Investigation
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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Author: Ivor Grattan-Guinness
Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3034888597
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 297
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George Boole (1815-1864) is well known to mathematicians for his research and textbooks on the calculus, but his name has spread world-wide for his innovations in symbolic logic and the development and applications made since his day. The utility of "Boolean algebra" in computing has greatly increased curiosity in the nature and extent of his achievements. His work is most accessible in his two books on logic, "A mathematical analysis of logic" (1947) and "An investigation of the laws of thought" (1954). But at various times he wrote manuscript essays, especially after the publication of the second book; several were intended for a non-technical work, "The Philosophy of logic", which he was not able to complete. This volume contains an edited selection which not only relates them to Boole's publications and the historical context of his time, but also describes their strange history of family, followers and scholars have treid to confect an edition. The book will appeal to logicians, mathematicians and philosophers, and those interested in the histories of the corresponding subjects; and also students of the early Victorian Britain in which they were written.
Author: George Boole
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Author: George Boole
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Difference equations
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Author: John Gregg
Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Outstanding features include: a history of mathematical logic, an explanation of the logic of digital circuits, and hands-on exercises and examples.
