George Boole would be 200 years old today. And, had he lived, he would have seen the amazing influence of his mathematical work on today's computer-reliant society. Boole become a renowned ...

A fascinating parallel between a brilliant mathematician and an arch-villain of crime fiction is drawn in a forthcoming book – New Light on George Boole – by Des MacHale and Yvonne Cohen. Prof James ...

It’s 200 years since the birth of George Boole, a man whose thinking revolutionised the information age, even though he died long before his ideas took hold. Here are six disciplines that Boole’s ...

Today’s Google Doodle is celebrating George Boole’s 200th Birthday in quite the showing, with the mathematician’s genius front and centre in a basic, colourful and clever presentation. Celebrations on ...

__1815: __English mathematician George Boole, who would help establish what is now known as Boolean logic, is born. Boole's breakthrough was the insight that logic, which had previously been ...

The astonishing rise, and untimely death, of George Boole — the 'maverick' Cork maths professor who laid the groundwork for AI ‘Boolean Algebra’ and ‘Boolean Logic’ paved the way for designing modern, ...

Mathematician and logician George Boole died just 150 years ago, on December 8th, 1864, following a drenching as he was walking between his home and Queen's College, Cork. He was just 49. UCC has ...

Mathematician George Boole died 150 years ago. Boolean logic, the system he invented, is still used in modern computer programming, writes Chris Stokel-Walker. Boole walked two miles to the lecture ...

Know of any other famous yellowbellies? Let us know and we will add them to our list. Boole was a very modern man, doing his share of the shopping and looking after his children George Boole was born ...