Boole

American  

[bool] / bul /

noun

1. George, 1815–64, English mathematician and logician.

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Boole British  

/ buːl /

noun

1. George . 1815–64, English mathematician. In Mathematical Analysis of Logic (1847) and An Investigation of the Laws of Thought (1854), he applied mathematical formulae to logic, creating Boolean algebra

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Boole Scientific  

/ bo̅o̅l /

1. British mathematician who wrote important works in various areas of mathematics. He developed a system of mathematical symbolism to express logical relations that is now known as Boolean algebra.

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Boole

“Retail won’t be able to act fast enough to matter,” said Boole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

But Boole wanted to make good reasoning rigorous.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2024

Brock and Boole each called 911, Brock said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2023

Much of it had to be re-discovered by later thinkers, such as the 19th-century English mathematician and philosopher George Boole, who more fully developed the idea of a logical system based on binary arithmetic.

From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2016

That the writings of Mr. Boole and myself "go to the full justification of" this "principle," is only true in the sense in which the Scotch use, or did use, the word justification.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by David Eugene Smith

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