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A fascinating look at the Boole and Hinton families who are, among many other things, responsible for the invention of the Jungle Gym, the discovery of the Voynich Manuscript, and the creation of Boolean logic. Members of these two clans became renowned in their fields of physics, entomology, and botany. This book covers the generations between the Victorian era in England and the 20th century, when the family spread as far as the USA and China. With many black and white photos.
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Gerry Kennedy is a freelance writer and broadcaster, has contributed many short pieces and longer documentaries for BBC Radio 4 mostly via Loftus Productions. An occasional feature- contributor to newspapers, he was co-author of The Voynich Manuscript, Orion Press, 2004 and consultant on a BBC4 tv programme about the manuscript. He lives in London.
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