1847 ⟶ George Boole Publishes Mathematical Analysis of Logic
George Boole: publishes The Mathematical Analysis of Logic, ...
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United Kingdom💡 George Boole Publishes Mathematical Analysis of Logic
George Boole: publishes The Mathematical Analysis of Logic, defining Boolean algebra; refined in his 1854 The Laws of Thought.⟶
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