George Boole: Selected Manuscripts on Logic and Its Philosophy

by Ivor Grattan-Guinness, George Boole, Grattan-Guinness; Gérard Bornet (eds.)

George Boole (1815-1864) is well known to mathematicians for his research and textbooks on the calculus, but his name has spread world-wide for his innovations in symbolic logic and the development and applications made since his day. The utility of "Boolean algebra" in computing has greatly increased curiosity in the nature and extent of his achievements. His work is most accessible in his two books on logic, "A mathematical analysis of logic" (1947)...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3764354569
• ISBN13: 9783764354565
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"