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by samfisher83 2823 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Boole

George boole lived in 18th century. He came up with boolean algebra which is used extensively in digital circuits.

Euler, Newton, and Gauss all lived from 16th - 18th century and they are responsible for a large chunk of the math we have today which a reason we have computers.

We stand on the shoulder of giants.