type(true"booleans int true bool int int the important thing to understand is that this is not just python reporting on test but rather the value generated by the test true and false are (the onlytwo values of special python type called "booleanused for recording whether something is true or not just as the "+operator takes two integers and returns an integer valuethe "<operator takes two integers and returns boolean booleans are named after george boolewhose work laid the ground for modern algebraic logic (his classic book' full title is "an investigation of the laws of thought on which are founded the mathematical theories of logic and probabilities"in true victorian style