Narrator
Search results
Narrated by Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons, The Genius of George Boole assembles academics and industry leaders from across the globe to explore the life and importance of one of the world's greatest mathematicians and unsung heroes.
- (114)
- Documentary
- Stephen Mizelas
- 2015
Aug 20, 2015 · Narrated by Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons, The Genius of George Boole assembles academics and industry leaders from across the globe to explore the life and importance of one of...
- 2 min
- 70.8K
- RTÉ - IRELAND’S NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA
George Boole Jnr ( / buːl /; 2 November 1815 – 8 December 1864) was a largely self-taught English mathematician, philosopher, and logician, most of whose short career was spent as the first professor of mathematics at Queen's College, Cork in Ireland.
Narrated by Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons, The Genius of George Boole assembles academics and industry leaders from across the globe to explore the life and importance of one of the world's greatest mathematicians and unsung heroes.
Narrated by Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons and produced by multi award-winning Oxford Film and Television, The Genius of George Boole assembles industry leaders and academics from across the globe to explore the life and importance of one of the world’s greatest unsung heroes.
The Genius of George Boole. This film tells a unique story about a complex Englishman, living in Cork in the mid-nineteenth century, whose work has helped to create the 21 st century digital age.
George Boole, English mathematician who helped establish modern symbolic logic and whose algebra of logic, now called Boolean algebra, is basic to the design of digital computer circuits. Boole pointed out the analogy between algebraic symbols and those that can represent logical forms and syllogisms.
