Author: Ivor Grattan-Guinness
Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3034888597
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
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.
George Boole
Author: Ivor Grattan-Guinness
Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3034888597
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3034888597
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
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.
The Mathematical Analysis of Logic
Author: George Boole
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Analysis (Philosophy).
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Analysis (Philosophy).
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
The Life and Work of George Boole
Author: Des MacHale
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781782050049
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
First edition published in 1985 as: George Boole: his life and work. Dublin: Boole Press, 1985.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781782050049
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
First edition published in 1985 as: George Boole: his life and work. Dublin: Boole Press, 1985.
The Logician and the Engineer
Author: Paul J. Nahin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691176000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Third printing. First paperback printing. Original copyright date: 2013.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691176000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Third printing. First paperback printing. Original copyright date: 2013.
An Investigation of the Laws of Thought
Author: George Boole
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Investigation
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Investigation
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
An Investigation of the Laws of Thought
Author: George Boole
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
A Treatise on the Calculus of Finite Differences
Author: George Boole
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Written by the founder of symbolic logic (and Boolean algebra), this classic treatise on the calculus of finite differences offers a thorough discussion of the basic principles of the subject, covering nearly all the major theorems and methods with clarity and rigor. Includes more than 200 problems. 1872 edition.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Written by the founder of symbolic logic (and Boolean algebra), this classic treatise on the calculus of finite differences offers a thorough discussion of the basic principles of the subject, covering nearly all the major theorems and methods with clarity and rigor. Includes more than 200 problems. 1872 edition.
The Laws of Thought (1854)
Author: George Boole
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Ones and Zeros
Author: John Gregg
Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Outstanding features include: a history of mathematical logic, an explanation of the logic of digital circuits, and hands-on exercises and examples.
Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Outstanding features include: a history of mathematical logic, an explanation of the logic of digital circuits, and hands-on exercises and examples.
The Poetry of George Boole
Author: Desmond Machale
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781716520273
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The purpose of this little book is twofold. First, and most importantly, it is to collect and preserve the seventy or so surviving poems written by the mathematician and logician George Boole (1815-1864) and to comment upon what light his poetry throws on his character and personality. Second, it is to discuss a much-neglected topic, the interaction between Science and the Arts, with particular reference to mathematics and poetry. Poetry clearly meant a great deal to George Boole, both to read and compose. From his early teens until about 1855, he used poetry as a form of recreational activity, possibly as a form of relaxation from his more serious work in logic and mathematics. He was a competent, if not exceptional, translator and versifier, who now and then wrote lines of real poetic merit. And in the debate about reciprocal contributions by artists to the sciences, it would be difficult to find even a single established poet who made even a minor contribution to mathematics.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781716520273
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The purpose of this little book is twofold. First, and most importantly, it is to collect and preserve the seventy or so surviving poems written by the mathematician and logician George Boole (1815-1864) and to comment upon what light his poetry throws on his character and personality. Second, it is to discuss a much-neglected topic, the interaction between Science and the Arts, with particular reference to mathematics and poetry. Poetry clearly meant a great deal to George Boole, both to read and compose. From his early teens until about 1855, he used poetry as a form of recreational activity, possibly as a form of relaxation from his more serious work in logic and mathematics. He was a competent, if not exceptional, translator and versifier, who now and then wrote lines of real poetic merit. And in the debate about reciprocal contributions by artists to the sciences, it would be difficult to find even a single established poet who made even a minor contribution to mathematics.