Marie Curie is regarded the greatest woman in science. She is famous for radioactivity, discovered two chemical elements polonium and radium, and received two Nobel Prize awards, in 1903 and 1911. Beyond her tangible achievements is her power of devotion
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Recently, a math professor at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, revealed an astonishing discovery: He had used math to understand the music of the Beatles! The specific song that this professor of mathematics and statistics (and musical enthusi
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., was a thought-provoking novelist who wrote satirical, black comedy often in science fiction settings. He is also famous for 밅at뭩 Cradle?and 밄reakfast of Champions.볿orn in Indianapolis on November 11, 1922, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
American Charles Lindbergh, the world’s best-known aviator, was the pilot for the first solo, non-stop flight from New York to Paris in his ‘Spirit of St. Louis.’ He is recognized for his innovations, the basis of modern intercontinental air travel. Ch
Andrei Bely, a 20th century novelist and poet, is best known for his symbolist novel, “Petersburg,” considered his masterpiece. His writings emphasize spiritual and mystical elements and are often compared to the masterpieces of James Joyce and Franz Ka
Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822 ? September 28, 1895) was born in Dole, France. He came from a family of tanners. As a child, it was apparent to his teachers that he was academically inclined. He was also a keen artist. At the age of 21, Pasteur was admi
French poet Arthur Rimbaud is best known for his prose-poem A Season in Hell (Une Saison en Enfer.) His final work Illuminations was published in 1886. Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud was born on October 20, 1854 in Charleville, northeast of France, a provinc
Writer Gunter Grass is one of Germany’s most important and highly cultured writers. Extremely critical of his country, he wrote his famous Danzig Trilogy, with the first book, The Tin Drum, his best-known. The second and third books are Cat and Mouse and
A highly respected world leader renowned for her tough leadership style, Margaret Thatcher earned the title “the Iron Lady.” Her political philosophy is known as Thatcherism. She became Britain’s first female prime minister in 1979, and was the longest
Thomas Reid is considered founder of ‘Common Sense Scottish School’ in opposition to the empirical philosophy of David Hume who rejected a priori reasoning as unreliable. Reid is best known for his Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common
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