George Boole's work on mathematical logic which gave rise to "Boolean algebra" was the most important contribution to the development of computer technology. We will briefly see how the prodigy George Boole came from an economically modest family, to change our relationship to logic, by influencing the concept of computing and information processing. We will also analyze how his work in algebra revolutionized the way we think about and symbolize logical sets, making binary code and logical relationships the fundamental tool in the evolution of computer systems and networks, since the work's first breakthrough from Boole, until many years later, when science identified that his mathematical set theories could in fact be the basis for the operation of circuits as well as the storage and access of information, the computer as we know it. George Boole was born in Lincoln, England in 1815, his mother was a lady. housekeeper and her father a shoemaker, who was also an amateur scientist. It's not exactly the childhood of a genius, in fact, at the age of 16 he was forced to drop out of school to support his family, but it may be -being his father's interest in scientific instruments that sparked his interest in science. He went to work as a teaching assistant, self-taught, the boy prodigy taught himself Latin, Italian, Greek, German and French, eventually opening his own school in 1834. His interest in mathematics took grew up and began to self-educate himself on the subject, writing his first mathematical paper in 1838. He founded a new branch of mathematics called Invariant Theories, which would later inspire Albert Einstein. He also worked on differential equations, which are still used, and this earned him a ...... middle of paper ...... science gold medal. Accessed 03/24/2011.url: http://understandingscience.ucc.ie/pages/sci_georgeboole.htmSmith, ES (1993). On the shoulders of giants: From Boole to Shannon via Taube; the origins and development of computerized information from the mid-19th century to the present. Information Technologies and Libraries, 12(2), 217-226.url: http://search.proquest.com/docview/215833453?accountid=14543Valente, KG (2010).Giving wings to logic: the propagation and success of Mary Everest Boole -filling a legacy. British Journal for the History of Science, 43(1), 49-74.url: http://search.proquest.com/docview/215741792?accountid=14543Aikat D. (2001). Pioneers of the Early Digital Age: The Innovative Ideas That Shaped Computing Between 1833 and 1945 Convergence: The International Journal of Research in New Media Technologies December Vol. 7, 52-81. do I:10.1177/135485650100700404