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George Boole Biography, Education, Invention & Quotes

George Boole (Born on November 2, 1815 – Died on December 8, 1864, in Ireland) was a Self-taught mathematician, philosopher, and logician. He was the inventor of Boolean algebra, which marks the foundations of modern computational arithmetic, Boole is regarded as one of the founders of the field of computer science.In 1854 he published An Investigation of the Laws of Thought on Which are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities, where he developed a system of rules that allowed him to express, manipulate and simplify logical and philosophical problems whose arguments admit two states (true or false) by mathematical procedures.It could be said that he is the father of symbolic logical operators and that thanks to his algebra today it is possible to operate symbol...