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, coming from an economically modest family, managed to change the way we relate to logic, influencing the concept of calculation and information processing. We will also analyze how his work in algebra revolutionized the way we think and symbolize logical sets, making binary code and logical relations the fundamental tool in the evolution of computer systems and networks, from the first breakthrough of Boole's work , until many years later, when science identified that its mathematical set theories could in fact be the basis of the functioning of circuits and the storage and access of information, the computer as we know it. George Boole was born in Lincoln, England, in 1815, his mother a housemaid and his father a shoemaker, also an amateur scientist. Not exactly the childhood of a genius, in fact at the age of 16 he was forced to abandon school to contribute to the family's support, but perhaps it was the interest that his father had for scientific instruments that sparked his interest for science. He went to work as a teacher's assistant, taught himself, the boy prodigy taught himself Latin, Italian, Greek, German and French, eventually opening his own school in 1834. His interest in mathematics grew, then he began to develop and began to self-educate in 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 which earned him a gold medal of... medium of paper... science. URL consulted on 03/24/2011: http://understandingscience.ucc.ie/pages/sci_georgeboole.htmSmith, ES (1993). On the Shoulders of Giants: From Boole to Shannon to Taube; the origins and development of computerized information from the mid-19th century to the present. Information Technology and Libraries, 12(2), 217- 226.url: http://search.proquest.com/docview/215833453?accountid=14543Valente, KG (2010). Giving wings to logic: propagation and ful of Mary everest boole -filling an inheritance. 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 First Digital Age: Innovative Ideas That Shaped Computing 1833-1945 Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technolo-gies, December Vol. 7, 52-81. doi:10.1177/135485650100700404