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Boole

American  
[bool] / bul /

noun

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


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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Sasha Boole: For more than 10 years, I was doing country and western folk music in Ukraine, trying to combine that with the Ukrainian soul and find new formulas.

From Los Angeles Times

It was formulated by Boole, an Irish mathematician and logician, who redirected the study of reasoning.

From Salon

Prof Hinton's great-great-grandfather was British mathematician George Boole, who invented Boolean logic, which later became a key concept in computer science.

From BBC

IF George Boole had lived, then he would have celebrated his 200th birthday this week.

From Nature

Boole’s home city of Lincoln is also remembering an outstanding local son.

From Scientific American