The Algebra That Engineered the Modern World: George Boole

By: Webster, Michael

The story of George Boole is a profound intellectual drama. Born into poverty and forced to become a schoolmaster at sixteen, this self-taught genius mastered the highest reaches of European mathematics from a lonely provincial classroom.

His true revolution came with a single, audacious idea: that the ancient laws of human thought could be reduced to a simple, elegant algebra. Boole's creation-symbolic logic-was initially dismissed as an abstract curiosity, yet his fundamental "Law of Duality" was, in fact, the conceptual blueprint for the binary system.

From his pen flowed the mathematical code that would, decades later, be transformed into the electronic switching circuits recognized by Claude Shannon. Every line of code, every microchip, and every digital network rests on his foundation. This comprehensive biography reveals the life, struggles, and philosophical depth of George Boole, the forgotten Victorian who inadvertently designed the operating system for the modern world. Approx.162 pages, 31500 word count

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FYK6XJHN
• ISBN13: 9798232527020
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Michael Webster
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"