Being born blind in one eye did not stop Augustus De morgan from becoming a well-read philosopher, historian, logician, and mathematician of course. De Morgan was born in Madras, India, when his father was working for East India Company. Moving to England, De Morgan was educated in Cambridge, and at the age of twenty-two he became the first professor of mathematics at the newly opened University of London (later renamed University College).
Demorgan viewed all of mathematics as an abstract study of symbols and of systems of operation applied to these symbols. While studying the ramification of symbolic logic, De Morgan formulated the general properties of complementation that now bear his name. De Morgan aslo wrote on calculus, algebra, and probability.
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Besides a role in calculus, German Men, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz has a contribution in the development of Symbolic Logic. When small, Leibniz study a range of knowledge in a self-taught. He learned Latin himself when he was eight years old and began studying Greek at the age of twelve. At that time, he was studying the works of Aristotle and became interested in Formal Logic.
At the age of fifteen years, Leibniz became students at the University of Leipzig to study law. He received his bachelor's degree two years later and master the next year and then moved to the University of Nuremberg.
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Mathematics,
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George Boole

George Boole was known as the father of Symbolic Logic. He, a self-taught mathematician, known more in the world of computing science. He is the son of a poor shopkeeper in Lincoln, England. Boole has only a little opportunity to pursue formal education, and prospects for advanced low also associated with family status. Like Leibniz, Boole self-taught Latin language when he was 12 years old. By translating a book, she received a scholarship (at the time, ability to speak Latin is a school social requirements).
After that, the academic desire to grow, and at the age of 15 years, he began his teaching career. While teaching arithmetic, she examines advanced mathematics and physics. in 1849, after 19 years of teaching in elementary school, he got a big change, he was assigned as Professor of Mathematics at Queen's College in the city of Cork, Ireland. The last, he had the opportunity to research in advanced mathematics, and he became a famous mathematician. When you see an opportunity Boole in formal education, it is an extraordinary achievement.
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Algebra,
Logic,
Logic's Algebra,
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Aristotles

Aristotle was born in 384 BC in Stagira, Macedonia, north of Athens, on the coast of the Aegean Sea. Aristotle's father was a personal adviser to King Amntas II, King of Macedonia, in the field of Physics. When Aristotle was 17 years old, he studied at the Academy in Athens under Plato's advise.
Aristotle was the brightest pupil of Plato, he was often questioned the methods of teaching Plato and openly expressed disapproval. Plato's emphasis on learning about abstract ideas and mathematical truth. Aristotle'm more interested in observation of the "Real World" around him. Plato often refer to Aristotle as "the brain" or "the mind of the school." Plato commented on Aristotle, "Where other need the spur, Aristotle needs the rein."
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Logic,
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Mathematics,
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Charles Ludwig Dodgson

For those who believe not maybe someone can live in the world of creative arts and disciplines such as mathematics and logic together, the life of Charles Ludwig Dodgson is a counterexample. He is better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll, through his book "Alice's Adventure in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass." But rarely know that He is a lecturer at Oxford University since he was eighteen years until his death. He also was the first photographer on the Victorian era.
Charles was the eldest of seven children, therefore, she often accompanied her sisters to play, poetry, storytelling, and drawing the things that can be fun. This habit gives a lot of inspiration for him primarily view their work as Lewis Carroll. In addition to fun with the story, young Charles was also very fond of mathematics. At the age of 8 years, she asked her father to explain the book that contains the logarithm. When his father said that he was too young to understand, he replied, "But please explain."
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Photography,
Sets,
symbolic logic
John Venn

John Venn was known as one of the organizers of modern symbolic logic. Venn get a math degree at the age of 23 years. Two years later, Venn be accepted as a lecturer at Cambridge university lecturer in moral science.
During the mid-19th century, learning logic experiencing rapid development in the UK. Mathematicians create symbols and mengkuantakan main concepts of logical thinking. Consequently, Venn chose to focus on the study of logic for him in Cambridge. In addition, he investigates the field of probability and published The Logic of Chance, one of the main works in 1866.
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Algebra,
Foundametals,
Logic,
mathematician,
Mathematics,
Sets,
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