BOOLE, GEORGE.

On the Theory of Probabilities. Received June 19, - Read June 19, 1862.

London, Taylor and Francis, 1862. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1862. Vol. 152 - Part I. Pp. 225-252. Clean and fine, wide-margined..

First appearance of one of Boole's last papers. - "This paper has for its object the investigation of the general analytical condition of a Method for the solution of Questions in the Theory of Probabilities, which was proposed by me in a work entitled "An Investigation of the Laws of Thought, 1854." (Foreword to the paper).
George Boole is mostly known for his "An Investigation on the Laws of Thought" 1854 and his developments of a form of symbolic logic, called Boolean Algebra. But he also did importent work on the Calculus, Differential Equations and the Theory of probabilities.

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