Mathematician:William Stanley Jevons

Mathematician
English economist and logician.

Pioneered the mathematical approach to the study of economics.

Refined and developed 's algebra of classes.

Nationality
English

History

 * Born: 1 September 1835 in Liverpool, England
 * Died: 13 August 1882 in Hastings, England

Inventions and Innovations

 * The Logic Piano, an early mechanical computer
 * Jevons' Number

Books and Papers

 * 1862: A General Mathematical Theory of Political Economy
 * 1863: A Serious Fall in the Value of Gold
 * 1864: Pure Logic; or, the Logic of Quality apart from Quantity
 * 1865: The Coal Question
 * 1869: The Substitution of Similars
 * 1870: Elementary Lessons on Logic
 * 1871: The Theory of Political Economy
 * 1874: The Principles of Science
 * 1880: Studies in Deductive Logic
 * 1882: The State in Relation to Labour

Notable Quotes

 * Can the reader say what two numbers multiplied together will produce the number $8616460799$? I think it unlikely that anyone but myself will ever know.
 * -- The Principles of Science, 1874