George Boole

'The Mathematical Analysis of Logic'

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Self-taught mathematician George Boole (18151864) published a pamphlet in 1847 The Mathematical Analysis of Logic that launched him into history as one of the nineteenth century's most original thinkers. In the introduction, Boole closely adheres to

'An Investigation of the Laws of Thought, on Which are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities'

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"A classic of pure mathematics and symbolic logic"--Scientific American. "Pure mathematics was discovered by George Boole in his work published in 1854."--Bertrand Russell. At the age of twenty, George Boole taught himself mathematics,