Boole George

Boole

 (bo͞ol), George 1815-1864.

British mathematician and logician who developed a calculus of symbolic logic.

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Boole

(bo͞ol), George 1815-1864.

British mathematician who wrote important works on many different areas of mathematics. He developed a method to describe reasoning using algebra that is now known as Boolean algebra.

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