Great Thinkers

Feature Writer: Tel Asiado
Featuring great thinkers all, their ideas and major works: philosophers - Rousseau, Voltaire, Kant, Foucault, Locke, Machiavelli, Sartre, Proust, Beauvoir, Fayol, Confucius; scientists & inventors - Faraday, Marie Curie, Einstein, Copernicus, Edison, Newton; writers & authors - Shakespeare, Milton, Woolf, Maupassant, Tolstoy; explorers & pioneers - J. Cook, Lindbergh; composers; artists - van Gogh, Matisse; innovators - Da Vinci, Freud, Jung; historians; teachers - Boulanger, Montessori; impresario - Sergei Diaghilev, Cousteau; business & management gurus - Drucker, Fayol; and world leaders.
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Jul 1, 2009
Charles Lyell and Principles of Geology
In: Great Scientists
Foremost geologist of his day, Charles Lyell's highly popular principles of geology had a huge influence on Charles Darwin.
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Jun 29, 2009
Chemist Edward Frankland
In: Great Scientists
Life and works of Sir Edward Frankland who laid the foundation for the theory of valence and discovered the science of organometallic compounds.
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Jun 21, 2009
Marguerite Duras Biography
In: Great Writers
Brief biography of Marguerite Duras, regarded as France's most famous woman author of the late 20th century.
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Jun 20, 2009
Anthony Burgess Brief Biography
In: Great Writers
Brief biography and works of author Anthony Burgess, known for his portrayal of a violent youth in his famous novel.
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Jun 16, 2009
Lev Vygotsky and His Theory
In: Great Thinkers (general)
Insights to ideas of Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky, best-known for his emphasis on the role of social and cultural factors in the development of cognition.
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Jun 15, 2009
J.L. Austin How to Do Things with Words
In: Great Philosophers
Works of British philosopher John Langshaw Austin, best-known for his individualistic analysis of human thought, derived his writings from the study of ordinary language.
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Jun 8, 2009
Kingsley Amis Biography
In: Great Writers
A brief biography of English novelist Kinsgley Amis who belonged to a group of British writers known as the "Angry Young Men."
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Jun 8, 2009
Maurice Maeterlinck Biography
In: Great Writers
A brief biography of Maurice Maeterlinck, best-known for plays Pellèas and Mélisande and The Blue Bird, and his involvement with French literary movement symbolism.
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