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



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Autore: MacHale Des Visualizza persona
Titolo: The life and work of George Boole : a prelude to the digital age / / Desmond MacHale ; [foreword by Professor Ian Stewart] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cork, Ireland : , : Cork University Press, , 2014
Edizione: New edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (603 p.)
Disciplina: 510.924
Soggetto topico: Mathematicians - Great Britain
Mathematicians - Ireland
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain
Ireland
Altri autori: MacHaleDes  
Persona (resp. second.): StewartIan <1945->
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.
Titolo autorizzato: The life and work of George Boole  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78205-005-1
1-78205-006-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910787037303321
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