What is George Boole?
[[File:George Boole.jpg|right|thumb|George Boole]] '''George Boole''' [{{IPA|buːl}}], ([[November 2]], [[1815]] – [[December 8]], [[1864]]) was an [[England|English]] [[mathematician]] and [[philosopher]]. ==Works== He created [[Boolean algebra]]. This is one of the [[basis|bases]] of modern-day [[computer science]]. Other people, like [[Augustus De Morgan]] and [[Charles Peirce]], refined and completed his work. In their times, very few people knew of the work those mathematicians had done. ''Boolean algebra'' was rediscovered by [[Claude Shannon]] about 75 years after Boole's death. In his doctoral thesis, Shannon showed that boolean algebra was useful. It could simplify the design of electric switches and relays (like those that were used in the telephone switchboards of the time). Shannon also showed that such switches could solve boolean algebra problems. All modern-day digital circuits (mainly [[computer]]s) use such algebra to solve problems. == Other websites == <!-- *{{MacTutor Biography|id=Boole}} --> *[http://homepages.enterprise.net/rogerp/george/boole.html Roger Parsons' article on Boole] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923081639/http://homepages.enterprise.net/rogerp/george/boole.html |date=2006-09-23 }} *{{gutenberg author|id=George_Boole|name=George Boole}} *[http://www.ucc.ie/academic/undersci/pages/sci_georgeboole.htm George Boole's work as first Professor of Mathematics in University College, Cork, Ireland] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Boole, George}} [[Category:1815 births]] [[Category:1864 deaths]] [[Category:19th-century English philosophers]] [[Category:English mathematicians]] [[Category:Boolean algebra]]