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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459901403321

Autore

MacHale Des

Titolo

The life and work of George Boole : a prelude to the digital age / / Desmond MacHale ; [foreword by Professor Ian Stewart]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cork, Ireland : , : Cork University Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-78205-005-1

1-78205-006-X

Edizione

[New edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (603 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MacHaleDes

Disciplina

510.924

Soggetti

Mathematicians - Great Britain

Mathematicians - Ireland

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 13 Boole and Hamilton: Some Unanswered Questions; Chapter 14 Religion; Chapter 15 Later Mathematical Work; Chapter 16 The Final Years; Chapter 17 The Remarkable Boole Family; Bibliography of Boole's Published Works; Sources and  References; Index

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Milestones in Boole's Life; Acknowledgements; Preface to new edition; Foreword to 1985 edition by J.L. Synge; Foreword to new edition; Chapter 1 Early Life; Chapter 2 His Own Master; Chapter 3 Social Involvement; Chapter 4 Early Mathematical Work; Chapter 5 The Cork Professorship; Chapter 6 Queen's College Cork; Chapter 7 Love and Marriage; Chapter 8 The Cuvierian Society; Chapter 9 The Laws of Thought; Chapter 10 Controversy; Chapter 11 Family Life  and Social Attitudes; Chapter 12 Poetry

Sommario/riassunto

Summary: This book, aimed at the general reader and now available again, is the first full-length biography of George Boole (1815-1864) who has been variously described as the founder of pure mathematics, one of the fathers of computer science and discoverer of                symbolic logic.