03001nam 2200637 450 991081953260332120231013135141.01-78205-005-11-78205-006-X(CKB)3710000000250276(EBL)1802150(SSID)ssj0001622810(PQKBManifestationID)16359391(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001622810(PQKBWorkID)14928362(PQKB)11290486(OCoLC)900223638(MdBmJHUP)muse41818(MiAaPQ)EBC1802150(Au-PeEL)EBL1802150(OCoLC)892244413(EXLCZ)99371000000025027620151030d2014 uy| 0engur|n#---|||||txtccrThe life and work of George Boole a prelude to the digital age /Desmond MacHale ; [foreword by Professor Ian Stewart]New edition.Cork, Ireland :Cork University Press,2014.1 online resource (603 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78205-004-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexCover; 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 PoetrySummary: 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.UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.MathematiciansGreat BritainBiographyMathematiciansIrelandBiographyGreat BritainfastIrelandfastMathematiciansMathematicians510.924MacHale Des55784MacHale Des55784Stewart Ian1945-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819532603321The life and work of George Boole4113248UNINA