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Books

The mathematical analysis of logic, being an essay towards a calculus of deductive reasoning (Cambridge: Macmillan, Barclay, & Macmillan, 1847)

An investigation of the laws of thought: on which are founded the mathematical theories of logic and probabilities (London: Macmillan, 1854)

A treatise on differential equations (Cambridge: Macmillan, 1859)

A treatise on the calculus of finite differences (Cambridge: Macmillan, 1860)

Papers

‘Researches in the theory of analytical transformations, with a special application to the reduction of the general equation of the second order’, Cambridge Mathematical Journal Vol. 2, No 8 (February 1840), 64–73

‘On certain theorems in the calculus of variations’, Cambridge Mathematical Journal 2 (1841), 97-102

‘On the integration of linear differential equations with constant coefficients’, Cambridge Ma

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" He was a brilliant thinker, the possessor of a truly original mind. His story is our story: the creation of one of the great intellectual pillars that support our modern world. It is the story of a remarkable man, beautifully told."

Ian Stewart,  Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, at the University of Warwick, England, and  popular-science and science-fiction writer

 

George Boole was born in Lincoln, England, the son of a struggling shoemaker. Boole was forced to leave school at the age of sixteen and never attended a university. He taught himself languages, natural philosophy and mathematics. After his father’s business failed he supported the entire family by becoming an assistant teacher, eventually opening his own boarding school in Lincoln. He began to produce original mathematical research and, in 1844, he was awarded the first gold m

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Born

2 November 1815
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England

Died

8 December 1864
Ballintemple, County Cork, Ireland

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Summary

George Boole approached logic in a new way reducing it to a simple algebra, incorporating logic into mathematics. He also worked on differential equations, the calculus of finite differences and general methods in probability.

Biography

George Boole's parents were Mary Ann Joyce and John Boole. John made shoes but he was interested in science and in particular the application of mathematics to scientific instruments. Mary Ann was a lady's maid and she married John on 14 September 1806. They moved to Lincoln where John opened a cobbler's shop at 34 Silver Street. The family were not well off, partly because John's love of science and mathematics meant that he did not devote the energy to developing his business in the way he might have done. George, their first child, was born after Mary Ann and John had been married for nine years. T