Description
Product ID: | 9781782051855 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | IE |
Title: | The Booles and the Hintons |
Subtitle: | Two Dynasties That Helped Shape the Modern World |
Authors: | Author: Gerry Kennedy |
Page Count: | 448 |
Subjects: | Biography: science, technology and medicine, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Revolutionary groups and movements, Philosophy of mathematics, Travel writing, Revolutionary groups & movements, Philosophy of mathematics, Travel writing, United Kingdom, Great Britain |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Gerry Kennedy set off on a tour through Russia, China, Japan and the USA . Only dimly aware of his Victorian ancestors: George Boole, forefather of the digital revolution and James Hinton, eccentric philosopher and advocate of polygamy, he had directly followed in the footsteps of two dynasties of radical thinkers and doers. |
Imprint Name: | Atrium |
Publisher Name: | Cork University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2016-08-02 |