__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 ...

Considered by many as the founding father of computing, George Boole was a brilliant mathematician. He is noted for his work on the area of logic known as Boolean Algebra. The Calculus of Logic The ...

It’s almost time to celebrate George Boole’s 200th birthday. Or maybe we should call it Birthday No. 11001000. You might have a hard time converting that binary number to decimal in your head. But it ...

Googlers pose at a building site in the Netherlands, where the company is building a huge new data centre — much of which will be powered by the work of George Boole (VINCENT JANNINK/AFP/Getty Images) ...

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 ...

The proposed bronze artwork depicts Boole teaching a boy and girl at a blackboard A Victorian mathematician whose work is in every computer, smartphone and digital device is to be honoured with a ...