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200 14$aThe life and work of George Boole $ea prelude to the digital age /$fDesmond MacHale ; [foreword by Professor Ian Stewart]
205   $aNew edition.
210  1$aCork, Ireland :$cCork University Press,$d2014.
215   $a1 online resource (603 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-78205-004-3 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aChapter 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
327   $aCover; 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
330 0 $aSummary: 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.
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