The Booles and the Hintons: Two Dynasties That Helped Shape the Modern World

In 1983 Gerry Kennedy set off on a journey through Russia, China, Japan and the USA to visit others involved in the global anti-war movement. Only dimly aware of his early Victorian ancestors - George Boole, forefather of the digital revolution and James Hinton, eccentric philosopher and advocate of polygamy - he had unwittingly followed in the footsteps of two interrelated dynasties of radical thinkers and doers. Their notable achievements, in which the women were particularly prominent, i...