Boole (disambiguation)
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Boole may refer to:
  • George Boole
    George Boole
    George Boole was an English mathematician and philosopher.As the inventor of Boolean logic—the basis of modern digital computer logic—Boole is regarded in hindsight as a founder of the field of computer science. Boole said,...

     - British mathematician and philosopher, and originator of Boolean algebra
    • Mary Everest Boole
      Mary Everest Boole
      Mary Everest Boole was a self-taught mathematician who is best known as an author of didactic works on mathematics, such as Philosophy and Fun of Algebra, and as the wife of fellow mathematician George Boole...

       - mathematician, the wife of George Boole
    • Alicia Boole Stott
      Alicia Boole Stott
      Alicia Boole Stott was the third daughter of George Boole and Mary Everest Boole, born in Cork, Ireland. Before marrying Walter Stott, an actuary, in 1890, she was known as Alicia Boole...

       - mathematician, the daughter of Mary Everest and George Boole
  • Boole (crater)
    Boole (crater)
    Boole is a lunar crater that lies along the northwestern limb of the Moon, to the northwest of the crater Gerard. At this location it is viewed nearly from the side, and is very oblong in shape due to foreshortening. The crater formation is nearly circular, however, with a wide inner wall that has...

     - A lunar crater which is named for George Boole
  • Boole (band)
    Boole (band)
    Boole is an electronic hybrid act formed in 1996 by Brad Barkett and Mike Barkett at Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland. The band was formed as a foray into explorations of post-modern forms of popular dance music, in contrast to Brad Barkett's experimental music project formed in 1990, The...

     - An electronic music group from the United States
  • Boole (tree)
    Boole (tree)
    The Boole Tree is a giant sequoia in Converse Basin grove in Sequoia National Forest, in the edge of Kings Canyon, 5 miles from General Grant Grove in Kings Canyon National Park in the Sierra Nevada in eastern California. Converse Basin used to be a large grove, but was logged of most of its giant...

    , a giant sequoia tree in Sequoia National Forest
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