George Boole (1815 - 1864)

another Victorian gentleman at 17 years of age "a thought struck him suddenly, which became the foundation of all his future discoveries" author of "Laws of Thought or An Investigation of the Laws of Thought on Which are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities" (1854) Boolean algebra being a professional prof cost him his Life Think what must have been the effect of the intense Hinduizing of three such men as Babbage, De Morgan, and George Boole on the mathematical atmosphere of 1830 - 1864. What share had it in generating the Vector Analysis and the mathematics by which investigations in physical science are now conducted? Mary Boole