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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“It’s a defensive cost, not even necessarily alpha,” said David Boole, managing director at options brokerage BayCrest, referring to an edge in trading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2024

Brock and Boole each called 911, Brock said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2023

A binary value is often referred to as a Boolean, named after a 19th-century guy named Charles Boole who invented a system of logic that only uses 1s and 0s.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2019

And I must confess I had caught the complaint very badly, though Dr Boole was no use for that, seeing that he could not cure himself.

From A Fluttered Dovecote by George Manville Fenn