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George Boole

George Boole Celebrations

By Julia Brodsky, Editorial Assistant
December / January 2016

December 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment

On November 2nd, 2015, schoolchildren all over the world engaged in a lesson in Boolean mathematics and logic through the launch of University College Cork’s Bring Boole2School program. The date marks the bicentennial anniversary of the birth of George Boole, the English mathematician, logician, and philosopher who is often called the “forefather of the information age.” Boole … [Read more...] about George Boole Celebrations

UCC Celebrates Legacy of
Mathematician George Boole

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2015

December 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment

A celebration of the life and legacy of George Boole was the theme of the gala dinner for alumni and friends of University College, Cork, which took place at the Princeton Club in New York in November. Boole, UCC’s first professor of mathematics turns 200 on November 2, 2015, and UCC will celebrate this bicentenary year with a program of events that will shine a global … [Read more...] about UCC Celebrates Legacy of
Mathematician George Boole

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