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George Boole : his life and work / Desmond MacHale.

By: MacHale, Des.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Profiles of genius series ; v. 2.Publisher: Dublin : Boole Press, 1985Description: xiii, 304 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0906783054 ; 0906783143.Subject(s): Boole, George, 1815-1864 | Mathematicians -- England -- Biography | Logicians -- England -- BiographyDDC classification: 510.924
Contents:
Early life -- His own master -- Social involvement -- Early mathematical work -- The Cork professorship -- Queen's College Cork -- Love and marriage -- The Cuvierian society -- The laws of thought -- Controversey -- Family life and social attitudes -- Poetry -- Boole and Hamilton: some unanswered questions -- Religion -- Later mathematical work -- The final years -- The remarkable Boole family.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 510.924 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00038702
Total holds: 0

"Bibliography of Boole's published works": (pages 277-282).

Bibliography: (pages 283-297) and index.

Early life -- His own master -- Social involvement -- Early mathematical work -- The Cork professorship -- Queen's College Cork -- Love and marriage -- The Cuvierian society -- The laws of thought -- Controversey -- Family life and social attitudes -- Poetry -- Boole and Hamilton: some unanswered questions -- Religion -- Later mathematical work -- The final years -- The remarkable Boole family.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Des MacHale grew up in Ireland not far from where "The Quiet Man" was filmed. He is the author of more than 50 books, including "Wit" and "Kerryman Jokes".

(Bowker Author Biography)

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