Tag: The Mathematical Analysis of Logic
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A letter from George Boole and Victorian attitudes towards pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding
C. Anthony Ryan Desmond MacHale Yvonne Cohen Cork, Ireland George Boole In 2015, two cities celebrated the 200th anniversary of George Boole’s birth: the City of Lincoln, England where he was born, and Cork City, Ireland, where he died and was buried. Boole was a professor of mathematics at what was then Queen’s College,…