Who's Who in IT: Question #3
Who's Who in IT: Question #3
Use the clues below to help you identify an important person in IT. - I published my first book, The Mathematical Analysis of Logic, in 1847. - I am credited with being the first mathematician to successfully demonstrate that logic could be represented by algebraic equations. - After getting caught in the rain and catching a cold, my wife dumped buckets of water on me because it seemed logical to her that whatever had caused my illness would also cure me. (I died of pneumonia.) - When you use a search engine, you use my mathematical concepts to locate information by defining a relationship between the terms you enter.
Who am I? _________________________________ (scroll down for answer) Answer: George Boole, creator of Boolean logic. Do you have a suggestion for someone we should feature in Who's Who in IT? Let us know! Who's Who in IT: Question #1 Who's Who in IT: Question #2 |