Considered by many as the founding father of computing, George Boole was a brilliant mathematician. He is noted for his work on the area of logic known as Boolean Algebra. The Calculus of Logic The ...

It’s 200 years since the birth of George Boole, a man whose thinking revolutionised the information age, even though he died long before his ideas took hold. Here are six disciplines that Boole’s ...

Google has chosen to honour the 200th birthday of the British mathematician George Boole, whose work on logic and algebra has been credited with laying the foundations for the computer age. Boole ...

George Boole's Boolean logic is still used today in mobile phones, computers, apps and search engines An appeal to create a memorial to a Victorian mathematician whose work is still used in computer ...

George Boole, one of the world's greatest mathematicians, is the embodiment of the self-made man. Although it has been claimed that he was the inspiration for Sherlock Holme's arch nemesis, Moriarty, ...

Considered by many as the founding father of computing, George Boole was a brilliant mathematician. He is noted for his work on the area of logic known as Boolean Algebra. George Boole was born on 2nd ...

One of the world's great mathematicians, died in Cork 150 years ago this week, a thinker whose work paved the way for digital computing and modern electronic devices of all kinds. George Boole, who ...

The character of Professor James Moriarty, the criminal mastermind and arch-enemy of Sherlock Holmes in the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle series of stories, may have been inspired by genius mathematician ...

Monday’s Google Doodle honors what would have been the 200th birthday of famed mathematician George Boole, whose research played a significant role in the 20th century’s digital revolution. Boole work ...

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