The life and work of George Boole : a prelude to the digital age / / Desmond MacHale ; [foreword by Professor Ian Stewart]
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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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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-78205-005-1 |
| 1-78205-006-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787037303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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