Talk:George Boole

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[edit] comments

This article needs cleaned up --Gantlord 10:02, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

it appears part of the biography has been deleted. 166.66.108.117 13:46, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Fixed now. Thanks xC | ☎ 13:51, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hinton children

William Hinton and Joan Hinton link to others by the same name, whose father was Sebastian not Charles. Accordingly I unlinked them. —Tamfang 04:03, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Someone has 'adulterated' this article and needs to be fixed.

Oh, come now! I know you feel strongly about the sanctity of Wikipedia, but surely that doesn't require castration?

[edit] What happened?

What happened to this article? At least it used to have paragraphs. Now it looks like someone's homework project pasted into the box with no breaks or links.Furby100 11:43, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

I fixed it. If you want to find out what happened to an article, the 'history' is a good place to start :) ssepp^(talk) 12:38, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Overstatement

The statement "Boolean algebra, which is the basis of all modern computer arithmetic" is an overstatement. Boolean algebra is used when computers employ logic, and Boole deserves credit for that, but computer ARITHMETIC is based on the binary number system, which was invented by Leibniz nearly a century and a half before Boole's work. CharlesTheBold (talk) 02:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

What reword would you recommend? Guliolopez (talk) 18:17, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Boolean logic and the use of the binary system to do arithmetic are intimately related. It's not an overstatement... -- NIC1138 (talk) 04:54, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I would say "Boolean algebra, which is the basis of all modern computer logic", and let Leibniz have the credit for the binary system and arithmetic. The logic and arithmetic are both crucial, and I agree that they are closely related. CharlesTheBold (talk) 12:07, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Shannon and Boole

I've heard that either Shannon's adviser or one of his teachers not only knew Boolean logic, but in fact would have studied with Boole himself, or something like that. This is much stronger then just Shannon going to a normal class and meeting Boolean logic by chance... Does anybody have information regarding Shannon's adviser? -- NIC1138 (talk) 05:07, 22 April 2008 (UTC)