The Father of Computer Science
In 1837, something happened on Doncaster town fields that was to have a profound effect on the whole of the 20th centuary. A young teacher from Loncoln called George Boole was taking a walk when he had a moment of inspiration. He was suddenly inspired to devise and develop a system of algebraic logic that would systematically define and model the function of the human brain. Over the next few decades, Boole refined this idea and eventually published his work in a book 'The Laws of Thought'. What he had invented has become known as Boolean Logic, and it is the basis of all computer and microprocessor systems in the world today. Without George Boole, who knows where digital technology might be in the 21st centuary.
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