George Boole is a genius who was far ahead of his time. As a mathematician, and philosopher, he revolutionized concepts that are still used today with his theories. His works in math and art are still used today, being studied around the world; including this class. Without his basic theories of mathematics and logic, technology around the world may not have developed to where it is today. George Boole is one of the most influential people in terms of philosophy and mathematics, and his significance is hard to grasp because everything he has done contributes to so many things we use today.
George Boole was born on November 2nd, 1815 in Lincoln, England to John Boole and Mary Ann Joyce. His parents were just regular people, his father being a shoemaker, and his mother a maid. His father had a big interest in mathematics and sciences as well, but George took that to a new level. It is said that they would spend time together on scientific activities, like building kaleidoscopes, telescopes, and cameras together. George’s passion grew quickly, as had a reputation as a boy genius. The initial introduction into science and mathematics from father definitely played a key role in his curiosity.
George was always an academic, even from a young age. He had a keen memory, and enjoyed studying and learning new things.
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They met at Queen’s College (now called University College cork) in Ireland which they had both worked at, in 1850 and would go on to get married in the year 1855. Mary was the niece of Sir George Everest; Mount Everest being derived from their family name. Mary was a mathematician as well, and successful in her own right. She served as an editor for George’s works until his death in 1864. His death was caused by an infection in his lungs due to moisture, and he got worse because his wife figured that keeping him wet would serve as help rather than keeping him warm and
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz was a “righteous gentile” who had a relatively normal life before World War II. He was born in 1904 (jfr.org). He worked with the international coffee trade (jfr.org), established a deep connection with the Danish people (forces-war-records.co.uk), and became friends with Werner Best (jfr.org). "Duckwitz was drawn to the Nazis’ ultranationalist propaganda and joined the party. However, as Hitler’s violent intentions came to light, he became disillusioned with the party (facinghistory.org)." He felt sorry for the Danish Jews and was disappointed that he had joined the Nazi party (facinghistory.org). Little did he know, his friend, Best, had overseen the murder of French and Polish Jews and well as requested (through
Behind George’s impulsive enigma you can see just how much he wants to be accepted and make friends. Isolated and lonely, George bullied children who were smaller than him and appeared as ‘easy targets’ because deep down he didn't feel good about himself and wanted to be accepted due to his learning difficulties and other assorted problems. George readily agrees to the invitation to Sam’s birthday, seeing the trip as an opportunity to finally make friends. You see a glimpse of his caring nature when he gives Sam a birthday present, using all his savings to purchase him a water pistol, and ensuring he likes it. However, he was unaware of the true purpose of his invitation by the resentful Sam, forcing you to sympathise further on George and expressing his innocence and desperation to form friendships. This is further demonstrated later in the film where he lies and tells the group that he smokes cigarettes in hopes to be accepted in the group and appear as ‘cool’ by doing the things they
His early school life had a great impact on his style of speech and diction. AOn
George was motivated by the urge to do the right thing, and by helping everyone. When he was in depression he realized that his family, friends and town people were in dire in need of his help he wanted to live again.
George Washington was born on February 22, 1732. Despite losing his father at a juvenile age, 11, Lawrence his half-brother, 14 years older, quickly took over as a surrogate father figure to all of his younger siblings. Washington’s mother, Mary, became very protecting after the death of her husband (Georges father), Augustine. She kept George from enlisting in the British Navy contrary to the wishes of older brother, Lawrence. George lived with his older brother from the time he was about 15 and attended school in Virginia and never went to college. He was very good at mathematics which was quite suitable to his later occupation as a surveyor. In 1752, Lawrence also passed away his c...
Bragg, Melvyn, On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries from Archimedes to DNA. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
Ira Gerwhin saved a great deal of George’s work and shared it with younger people,
George Washington inherited much more than a good mind and a strong body. He belonged to an old colonial family that believed in hard work, public service and in worshiping God.
George was always known as the “boy and the cherry tree, telling his father, I cannot tell a lie” (Patten, 2009). George expressed affability, a man of perseverance and of faith, he always came across to the public as someone very trustworthy, truthful and could always be counted on two of George’s most dominant attributes were his integrity and his vision for the future George was truly a man of leadership and the father of our country.
DeMorgan made his greatest contributions to knowledge. The renaissance of logical studies, which began in the first half of the 19th century, was due almost entirely to the writings of the two British mathematicians, DeMorgan and G. Boole. He always laid much stress upon the importance of logical training. His importance in the history of logic’s, however, primarily due to his realization that the subject as it had come down from Aristole was unnecessarily restricted scope. By reflecting on the processes of mathematics, he was led like Boole, to the conviction that a far larger number of valid inference were possible that had hitherto been recognized.
" 'It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.'-"-George Washington Carver. George Washington Carver paved the way for agriculturists to come. He always went for the best throughout his whole life. He didn't just keep the best for himself; he gave it away freely for the benefit of mankind. Not only did he achieve his goal as the world's greatest agriculturist, but also he achieved the equality and respect of all. George Washington Carver was born near Diamond Grove, Missouri in 1864. He was born on a farm owned by Moses and Susan Carver. He was born a sick, weak baby and was unable to work on the farm. His weak condition started when a raiding party kidnapped him with his mom. He was returned to the Carver's farm with whooping cough. His mother had disappeared and the identity of his father was unknown, so the Carver's were left to care for him and his brother James. Here on the farm is where George first fell in love with plants and Mother Nature. He had his own little garden in the nearby woods where he would talk to the plants. He soon earned the nickname, "The Plant Doctor," and was producing his own medicines right on the farm. George's formal education started when he was twelve. He had, however, tried to get into schools in the past but was denied on the basis of race.
George Washington Carver was born into slavery January of 1860 on the Moses Carver plantation in Diamond Grove, Missouri. He spent the first year of his life, the brutal days of border war, between Missouri and neighboring Kansas. George was a very sickly child with a whooping cough, which later lead to his speech impediment, and he was tiny and puny. George's father, James Carver, died in a wood hauling accident when he was bringing wood to his master's house one day. George was sick a great deal during his early years. In 1861, when George was one year old, raiders kidnapped him and his mother with horses from their home in Missouri. Moses Carver, Mary's master, heard that a bushwhacker named Bentley knew Mary's whereabouts along with little George's. Moses offered him 40 acres of his best timberland and Pacer, one of his best horses. Bentley accepted the offer and started in pursuit all the way into Arkansas. Bentley returned a few days later only with young George in a bundle and no sign of Mary. A few years later, in spring, little George was in the woods scraping at the earth. When someone was sick George gathered roots, herbs, and bark, which he boiled to make medicines. Carver grew to be a student of life and a scholar, despite the illness and frailty of his early childhood. Because he was not strong enough to work in the fields, he helped with household chores and gardening. Probably because of these duties and because of the hours he would spend exploring the woods around his home, he developed a keen interest in plants at an early age. Neighbors called George the Plant Doctor because he made house to house calls in Diamond Grove to prescribe for ailing plants. George had his own mini garden where he nursed sick plants b...
George “Bugs” Moran was one of the most famous gangsters of all time due to his fame during the prohibition era, and constant fighting with Al Capone (“Bugs Moran” National Crimes…par. 3). He was also one of the very few gangsters who was actually street smart because of his crime starting at such a young age (“Bugs Moran” par. 2). He got the nickname of “Bugs; because he was a rather violent criminal, so everyone thought he was “buggy” (Bardsley par. 1). His “buggy” attitude showed by him driving his rival gangs absolutely nuts making most of them, especially Capone, regret that they ever left New York and stepped foot in Chicago (Keefe 6). One of Moran’s rival gangsters once stated, “If I’d known what I was getting into, I’d never have left the Five-Point outfit in New York” (Keefe 6). Although Moran has been rather a mystery until now, his legacy of being the powerful leader of the north side gang will last forever (Keefe 9).
...Gauss was an incredible mathematician that founded ideas in the fields of geometry, statistics, number theory, statistics, and more. He was able to change the attitudes of mathematicians everywhere with his curious, but brilliant and logical mind and find solutions to problems they have had for hundreds of years. His work is so important and useful that it is still used today in math fields and classes everywhere. The inclusion of Gauss in the history of mathematics is an important one and without his exceptional mind modern day math would be almost entirely different than it is.
By 1792, Charles Babbage was attending Cambridge University. There, he met his soon to be wife, Georgiana Whitmore. Later Babbage worked as a professor of Mathematics at Cambridge. On August6, 1815, Charles and Georgiana had a son named Benjamin Hershel Babbage. The couple had eight children in all. In 1817, B...