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Augustus De Morgan
1806–1871
Best remembered for the laws that bear his name, this sharp-minded Victorian thinker helped turn logic into a modern mathematical subject. He also wrote widely for general readers, bringing difficult ideas within reach without draining them of their interest.
4 Audiobooks
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I
by Augustus De Morgan
Elements of arithmetic
by Augustus De Morgan
First notions of logic (preparatory to the study of geometry)
by Augustus De Morgan
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II
by Augustus De Morgan
About the author
Born in Madurai, India, in 1806 and later active in Britain, Augustus De Morgan became one of the leading mathematicians and logicians of the 19th century. He was the first professor of mathematics at University College London, and his work on logic helped lay foundations that later shaped symbolic logic and modern mathematics.
He is especially associated with De Morgan’s laws, which connect negation, conjunction, and disjunction, and with helping formalize the idea of mathematical induction. Beyond his technical work, he was known as a lively expositor who wrote essays and books that opened mathematics and logic to a wider audience.
De Morgan died in London in 1871, but his influence has lasted far beyond his own time. For listeners today, he stands out not only as a major thinker, but as a writer who showed that rigorous ideas can also be clear, curious, and deeply human.