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...them was the 19th century mathematician George Boole, who devised a system of algebra, or mathematical logic, that can reliably determine if a statement is true or false. The other was Alan Turing, who pointed out in the 1930s that, with Boolean algebra, only three logical functions are needed to process these "trues" and "falses";-or, in computer terms...
...tantalizing questions are now bugging medical science: Can man learn to take more knowledge for his province by putting more of his brain to active use? What parts of the brain are responsible for controlling various movements, functions and faculties, from aimless thumb-twiddling to Boolean algebra? To the first question, there is still no answer. And neurologists have not yet agreed on a detailed mapping of brain areas and brain functions...
...Carl Lyngholm, 17, reads elementary Russian, plays first clarinet in the San Diego Civic Youth Orchestra, and likes most subjects at San Diego high school except something called "basic citizenship." He won third prize ($5,000) for a study of an exotic mathematical bypath, Boolean algebra...
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