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- - Ieoh Ming Pei, after having school education from China, went to the United States to study Architecture.This Architect achieved eminence in the field due to his majestic, aesthetically and technically superior constructions in the U.S.A. Pei at first thought that architecture was not his cup of tea, since his peers excelled him in drawing.
- - Le Corbusier was indeed the greatest architect of the 20th century, who always thought big. He never earned that deserving recognition for his work as his foresighted vision was never really understood by, forget ordinary mortals but even by his fraternity.
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- - Ludwig van Beethoven, the German musical genius, redefined the scope of western classical music by transforming it into a powerful medium of expression of philosophical thoughts as well as feelings.
- - Johann Sebastian Bach is the successor to the polyphonic art that he revitalized with his spirit.
- - Leonardo da Vinci, an artist of great acclaim and a farsighted scientist of the Renaissance, mesmerized people across the world with his vision and depth of thought in art.
- - "It has been said that Michelangelo Buonarotti nailed some poor man to a board and pierced his heart with a spear, so as to paint a crucifixion." Francesco Susinno here repeats an early urban legend about one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance.
- - Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born in Malaga Spain on October 25, 1881. His father Don Jose Ruiz Blasco was an art teacher. His mother’s name was Dona Maria Picasso Lopez. According to Spanish tradition Pablo was given the last name of his father Ruiz and of mother's Picasso. This is how his name was kept. Pablo Ruiz Picasso.
- - Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore was a creative epoch in whose wake great legions of inspired writers, poets, singers, musicians, linguists, historians, artists and philosophers emerged in India.
- - From his humble origins as a miller’s son to one of the most famous Dutch artists, Rembrandt’s life was a dramatic sequence of success and disaster.
- - Vincent van Gogh was one of the most original artists, largely self-taught. On the basis of works of the last three years of his life, Van Gogh is generally considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time.
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- - Charlie Chaplin was the first and foremost comedy artist of the silent era.
- - Laurel and Hardy were perhaps the only male comedian pair to hit the silver screen in the early 1900’s.
- - Mulla Nasruddin was a mendicant dear to God. He simply worried not about tomorrow, but every waking moment. Saints are persons who are completely free worries. Mulla Nasruddin’s anecdotes and stories, though seemingly sound humorous, but they carry a deep understanding of practical philosophy of life.
- - Walt Disney, a name that instantly conjures up in one's mind the wonderful world of fairy tales, heroic stories, fantastic amusement parks, and of course, cartoons that have left their imprint on the minds of generations past and present, and it is pretty much certain that they will continue to do so in the future.
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- - Adam Smith was a genius among the economists along with also being a philosopher. Not only did he extend the boundaries of economy, but also enlightened and reformed the commercial policy of Europe.
- -Amartya Sen, the 1998-Nobel Laureate in Economics, was born on November 3, 1933 at Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India. He is the sixth Indian to get the Nobel and the first Asian winner of the Economics Prize.
- -John Keynes, an English economist, journalist and financier, was best known for his revolutionary economic theories.
- - "A Law of Nature (Lex Naturalis) is a precept, or general rule, found out by reason, by which a person is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life, or takes away the means of preserving the same; and to omit that by which he thinks it may be preserved," said Thomas Hobbes, the English philosopher and political theorist known even today for his philosophical works.
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- - He was the first one to know how it felt like to be a couple of meters below the ground, inside the grave, nailed tightly in a coffin. And amazingly, he enjoyed being there, he loved to be hanged up side down in a can full of water with his arms bounded in a straight jacket, his hands cuffed and legs ironed.
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- - Even after five centuries, Christopher Columbus remains a figure shrouded in mystery and controversy; a persona who has been described in a variety of ways; that of one of the greatest mariners in history, a visionary genius, mystic, national hero, failed administrator, naïve entrepreneur, and a ruthless and greedy imperialist.
- - The first acknowledged circumnavigator of the world, Ferdinand Magellan was born in Portugal.
- - Marco Polo guided a whole genre of travelers, explorers and ‘wanderers’ from the western world to the East. Asia and especially China was an unsolved riddle; and it remained so for many centuries.
- - An explorer, born in Sines, Portugal, Vasco da Gama, led an expedition, which discovered the route to India (1497-99). They landed at Calicut (Kozikode) on the southern coast of India.
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- - Arnold Schwarzenegger began his career with bodybuilding, winning the Junior Mr Europe. He won impressive bodybuilding titles like Mr Universe, Mr World, and Mr Olympia.
- - Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels to a Dutch Baroness and a wealthy English banker. When she was young her parents divorced and Audrey moved with her mother to Netherlands.
- - The very thought of martial art brings to mind Bruce Lee’s fiery kick, the crashing of profuse bricks in a lone blow, and his vociferous shriek. His contribution to this style of fighting is such that martial art and Bruce Lee are synonyms; where one ceases to exist without the other.
- - Charlie Chaplin was the first and foremost comedy artist of the silent era. He meant many things to many people. His working methods were a mystery until they rediscovered a cache of films he had stored away, which was brought to light after his death. His fourth wife, Lady Oona Chaplin generously consented to provide his film legacy.
- - Guru Dutt - a popular actor, director and producer, was an enigmatic and romantic person. He believed in ceaseless working. Guru Dutt portrayed the sensitivity and compassion of his characters with rare depth. During his short 13-year career, he replaced the formulaic cinema with an individual as well as a lyrical vision.
- - Jackie Chan, a name that instantly conjures up a funny, energetic, and amazingly talented personality. His stunning acrobatics, astute synchronization, and his unique rhythmic fights stand unsurpassable in the Hong Kong film industry. But the most significant factor – the key to Chan’s success are his unbelievable, death-defying, mind-blowing stunts.
- - Kevin Costner, American actor, director and producer, was born in Los Angeles, California. He became a sex symbol as well as an all-American hero with his baseball movies like Field of Dreams and Bull Durham.
- - Kurosawa Akira, born in Tokyo, was a distinguished film director. After a period of initial struggle, his originality and vividness took him to the peak of his career.
- - Laurel and Hardy were perhaps the only male comedian pair to hit the silver screen in the early 1900’s.
- - Singer, performer, film star, icon - Madonna is the mistress of the art of re-invention. With her in-your-face sensuality, she has become an embodiment of the empowered women.
- - Much has been made of Marilyn’s desperate personal history – the abusive foster homes and the predatory Hollywood scum that accompanied her struggle to stardom.
- - He was the most popular legendary actor of Hollywood. A natural actor, his name to fame on the personal front was, being married to actress Elizabeth Taylor, not once, but twice! In all, however, he married four times. Not bad for an actor who had an insatiable thirst for the glamour world, limelight, fame and fortune. His good looks were well complimented by his naturally gifted abilities to perform. He had the knack to make people listen to him and laugh with him.
- - "The quiet but deep observation, understanding and love of the human race, which are characteristic of all his films, have impressed me greatly – I feel that he is a ‘giant’ of the movie industry."
- - American filmmaker, Steven Spielberg is the most acclaimed and the ever popular living entertainer of the late 20th century. Emerged as creative moviemaker in 1970; today, he is not only a successful producer-director but also a household name and a veritable brand the world over.
- - Sylvester Stallone is one of Hollywood’s best action heroes.Apart from the fact that he is an Oscar-winning actor, he is also an accomplished scriptwriter and an accomplished director.
- - Tommy Lee Jones the only son of an oil-field worker and a police officer mother, is known for the dangerous, intelligent, yet sympathetic touch he gave to the characters he played.
- - Walt Disney, a name that instantly conjures up in one's mind the wonderful world of fairy tales, heroic stories, fantastic amusement parks, and of course, cartoons that have left their imprint on the minds of generations past and present, and it is pretty much certain that they will continue to do so in the future.
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- - Thomas Edward Lawrence, Ned, TEL, T E Lawrence, Colonel Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, T E Shaw, Airman Ross, Private Shaw. He was a multifaceted personality in the literal meaning of the term. He became a legend in his own time, making it difficult at times to separate the man from the myth.
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- - Adolf Hitler was born into this world, whose generations will never forget nor forgive him. He was the third (of the five) child of Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl, born in the small Austrian village of Braunau Am Inn just across the border from German Bavaria, instilling a strong patriotic feeling for the German fatherland.
- - Akbar, the third Mughal emperor, the true founder of the Mughal Empire reigned from Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal and from the Himalayas to the Godavari River in south. He was the most powerful face on Earth in the 16th century.
- - Benito Mussolini, the Prime Minister of Italy in the 20th century, turned a dictator. He began in fields like labor, teaching, writingand journalism. The son of a blacksmith and a socialist after struggling for two decades to gain power ended up with Fascism.
- - Chanakya also known, as Kautilya for his Kutila Neeti or the cunning art of diplomacy, was an enigma as not much authentic information is available about him.
- - "There is no security on this earth, only opportunity."Douglas MacArthur, an American five-star army general, uttered the above quote. It was his truth of life.
- - Leadership – the tour d'force of the world, is the ability of a person to lead, inspire and mobilize masses to act in unison, in pursuit of a common goal.
- - The strength of character, strong will and courage of the most ambitious person of his time are expressed in these three words.
- - The greatness of a man is measured not just by the success he gets but also the way he achieves it.
- - Many decades ago, man made his first tentative probes into near space. Then, his eyes fixed on the moon, that cold and lifeless globe with its borrowed light. He was poised to soar beyond the earth into a vast and trackless void.
- - “She is wonderful woman, very brave and determined. It is fortunate for us that men are not all like her.”
- - Remember Shivaji and count this life as grass.In this world and the next, rely on Fame alone.Remember Shivaji ! His form, his noble aims;Forget not also all his valiant deeds on earth.
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- - Better known as inventor of Dynamite, Alfred Bernhard Nobel, was a poet as well as the archetype international capitalist. Because he loathed his own appearance and believed that it denied him the happiness of being loved, Nobel while still young resolved to dedicate his life for the benefit of mankind
- - He made all the difference. His foresight and jest for achieving his ambition makes him stand out amongst all the other recent American inventors.
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- - Better known as inventor of Dynamite, Alfred Bernhard Nobel, was a poet as well as the archetype international capitalist. Because he loathed his own appearance and believed that it denied him the happiness of being loved, Nobel while still young resolved to dedicate his life for the benefit of mankind.
- - Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston Massachusetts. He was the eighth child among the ten children of Josiah and Abiah Franklin. His father already had seven children from his first marriage so, Benjamin knew a lot about growing up in a ‘big’ family with nine brothers and seven sisters !
- - British mathematician, designer and inventor of the world’s first mechanical computing machine, the forerunner of the modern electronic computer, is considered as one of the key figures of the golden era of British history.
- - Dr Edwin Powell Hubble, an aesthetic American astronomer is universally acknowledged as having been one of the foremost astronomers of the modern era.
- - Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15, 1564, 21 years after the death of Copernicus and three days before the death of Michelangelo.
- - The world of photography got a new meaning with George Eastman appearing in the scene. The cumbersome and the most primitive form of photography underwent a revolution. He opened up new avenues for even the common man to record the most memorable of his life’s events for posterity’s sake.
- - How often do you use the telephone? Every day, two or three times a day or almost daylong? What would it be like if there was no phone? Thanks to Alexander Graham Bell, who invented one of the most significant domestic device of today – the Telephone. This Scottish – American scientist had an inventive mind and a great vision.
- - The air is full of promises of miracles", a man wrote in London. Soon after, three dots and the letter S sputtered across the Atlantic Ocean.
- - It was an era of political and social upheaval, times when the common man, the tradesman, the craftsman were struggling to overcome the strictures passed by the leaders of the church and monarchy, when equality was being talked about in more than hushed whispers, when knowledge and education were sought and respected, when all were trying to break through the shackles of tradition. It was the beginning of the 15th century - the dawn of the modern era.
- - If the question were asked : "Who is the most famous British engineer ?", the first answer that would immediately come to one's lips would be James Watt.
- - Jonas Salk, the great physician and medical researcher was the first to develop a safe and effective vaccine for poliomyelitis more commonly known as polio.
- - "If my eyes will not tell me about men and events, ideas and doctrines, I must find another way."
- - Louis Pasteur, the French chemist, is known as the founder of Microbiological Sciences. A noteworthy figure in the field of science, he formulated the process of fermentation - a knowledge of the chief maladies which have scourged man and annimals - a knowledge of the measure by which either the body may be protected against these diseases, or the poison neutralised when once within the body.
- - It was his flight to fancy that laid the foundation for the first flight into space. Robert Hutchings Goddard, the Father of Modern Rocketry, was an American expert of rocket research who is recognized as a remarkable experimenter as well as an engineering genius.
- - He discovered electromotograph phenomenon.
- - The year 1895 witnessed a turning point in experimental physics as Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered ‘X–rays’.
- - The Wright Brothers made the world’s first manned and powered flight covering just 120 feet, on December 17, 1903. This was their great achievement.
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- - With a writing career that spanned half a century, Agatha Christie is perhaps the most widely read author, even today. Her simple plot construction and readable language makes her an all time favorite with readers, irrespective of age, culture and language.
- - Physical disability, religious biases, and to top it all a vulnerable target of people’s mockery – a life loaded with ‘wrongs’, but hats off to the indefatigable spirit of the man called Alexander Pope.
- - Ink flowed from his pen and metamorphosed into impressive works of art. The Moscow born poet, Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin is considered to be the greatest poet of Russia.
- -One of the most popular writers of his time, Alexandre Dumas led as colorful a life as any of the characters in his books. He has left behind a mass of work whose authorship has been questioned because of its size and the numerous collaborations that he went into
- - Alfred Hitchcock, one of the greatest filmmakers of Hollywood, made the most frightful thrillers during his life. His suspense films were immensely popular once upon a time and he achieved a legendary status.
- - ‘To get at him there is always the oyster to open’, said Browning of Tennyson. Being a reticent egoist, he was a perfect paradox.
- - Well-known playwright and short story writer of Russia, Anton Chekhov was the master of irony, spinning complex webs of verbal imagery, tantalizing phrases and virtual props, he gave an enigmatic touch to histrionics.
- - Arnold Wesker, a British playwright, has penetrated through the prevailing social strata by attaining the heights of name and fame. Coming from a working class Jewish immigrant family, Wesker appeared on the center stage of the world theater. The boy from Hackney has rose up to the Royal Theater, London.
- - The earth has, ever since it's origin, witnessed phenomena. Ayn Rand was one such phenomenon, with an air of uniqueness all around her. Very few novelists are known to possess a philosophy that could entertain a learned race.
- - George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin of Protestant Irish stock on July 26, 1856. His mother, Lucille Elizabeth (Bessie) Gurly, was a talented amateur singer, and his father, George Carr Shaw, was a corn trader.
- - He was born in Britain. His mother’s name was Katharine Russell, Lady Amberley. She gave birth to three children between 1865 and 1872, of whom Bertrand was the last.
- - Charles Dickens, one of the most popular writers in the history of literature presented his life in form of novels and made the world ponder on the child’s upbringing. ‘Pip’, an orphan in Great Expectation is Charles’ own autobiographical sketch, where the dark secret of his life became a source, both for creative energy and for the preoccupation with the themes of alienation and betrayal.
- - The life of Charlotte Bronte is a fine example of how a person can rise amidst turmoil and personal tragedies. All through her life she kept on losing her near and dear ones and still, with sheer single-mindedness became a novelist whom the world now respects and looks up to in terms of beauty through writing.
- - A paradoxical genius, Daniel Defoe lived an eventful life. Actively involved in the early 18th century English politics, Defoe played a vital role in the unification of Scotland and England. A successful businessman turned pamphleteer, Defoe was quite a popular personality of his times. He is the only person pilloried, who was later cherished as a national hero.
- - Italy, in 13th century, was the epitome of culture, with contributors in various fields of art. It was the time when the church bells and the bells of the castles were tolling against eachother.
- - D H Lawrence, as he is more popularly known as, emerged as one of the greatest English literary writers of the 20th century. He excelled as a novelist, critic, poet and painter.
- - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky is perhaps one of the most enigmatic figures to his biographers and readers alike. His misfortunes and sufferings were portrayed through the characters in his work.
- - Edward Morgan Forster, popularly known as E M Forster, was one of the most influential writers of his time. However, he is not a novelist for the modern reader.
- - English poet, political thinker and feminist, Elizabeth Barrett Browning was probably the only female poet who was held in high esteem among literary society in U S and England, in the 19th Century.
- - Enid Blyton is a name loved by most children and parents. Children are busy fantasizing and experiencing the feel of adventure just by reading her books. She has played a very strong role in developing British family values, as her stories were highly educational and moral in tone not only in Britain and America but also throughout the world.
- - "You can destroy me, but can never defeat" – said Santiago, hero of The Old Man And The Sea. Ernest Hemingway, the Pulitzer and a Nobel Prize winner had the courage of despair.
- - When Eugene O’Neill entered the theatre as a playwright, Broadway consisted mainly of musicals, melodramas and farces, with an occasional ‘quality’ fair from Europe. For O’Neill, the theatre was a very appropriate platform for serious ideas.
- - The life of Francis Bacon is a story of a life devoted to great ideas. These ideas grew on him from his very childhood and pre-occupied him until his death.
- - A soldier, a civil servant, a diplomat - Geoffrey Chaucer has been busy all his life on many more fronts besides being a pioneer of the world of literature.
- - One of the masters of the world literature, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe was the last European poet who possessed the revolutionary qualities of the great Renaissance personalities. He was a critic, journalist, painter, statesman, educationist, philosopher, and apart from all this, a theatre manager too! The variety, depth and quality of his output were in itself, stupendous.
- - Harold Pinter is today’s foremost living dramatist. What makes him interesting is his formative Hackney childhood, his conscientious objection, his love affair with Ireland, his sacred belief in friendship, his two marriages, his uncompromising hatred of injustice and his passion for poetry and cricket. His infinite complexity and private character shaped his imaginative world.
- - Among French philosophers, Henri Bergson can be considered someone that clearly stands out from the crowd. He was way above his contemporaries, as he sat on the pinnacle of achievements. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1927, for his brilliant and imaginative philosophical works.
- - Sir Walter Scott called Fielding ‘the father of the English novel.’ He was the first English novelist to approach the genre with a fully worked-out theory in Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones and Amelia, the comic epics or domestic epics.
- - To Hermann Hesse, the most important thing was the individual, and the search for self.
- - Homer’s invention of style of epic poetry has remained unrivalled. Whatever praises bestowed upon him are truly justified.
- - James Augustine Joyce was an Irish novelist known for his artistic style and experimental use of the English language. After failing at business, Joyce tried his hands at various professions including politics and tax collecting.
- - Jane Austen is one of the best known and most loved novelists of the English speaking world. Yet on the face of it, she is one of the all-time unlikely candidates for such a title.
- - Perhaps the singlemost enlightened important writer was the philosopher, novelist, composer, music theorist and language theorist and – Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
- - John Donne was an English poet, essayists and sermonist. He was educated at Oxford and Cambridge and also studied law in London. Donne had a very bright future, but his secret marriage proved disastrous in relation to the prospects he had been preparing himself for.
- - "The genius of poetry must work out its own salvation in man. It cannot be matured by law and precept, but by sensation and watchfulness in itself. That which is creative must create itself."
- - He grew up under the shadow of William Shakespeare. He sipped on the residue offered by muse from a very young age to serve it in the best possible way later on : by creating monumental literary legends like Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained.
- - Ruskin was one of the greatest writers of England. His writings chiefly consist of criticism. After studying literature from quite an early age, Ruskin joined the Oxford University.
- - Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist and political pamphleteer. His passion for satire of human folly made him one of the greatest masters of English prose. His many pamphlets, prose letters and poetry, though meticulous, were yet economical and simple in language.
- - A house having four walls on the East, West, North and South but no roof and yet the dwellers protect themselves from sun, rain, wind and all that nature throws over.
- - Khalil Gibran was born on January 6, 1883, to the Maronite family of Gibran in Bsharri, in Northern Lebanon. The people of Mount Lebanon had struggle for several years to gain independence from the Ottoman rule, a cause Gibran was later to adopt and become an active member in.
- - Britain’s most versatile literary artist, Kingsley Amis is the strongest contemporary contender for the title ‘Grand Old Man of English Letters’. He has produced more than 20 novels, in his 40-year career, that began with the most amusing and much loved Lucky Jim.
- - Leo Tolstoy was one of the greatest Russian writers and thinkers of the nineteenth century. In his long life, he wrote some unparalleled masterpieces - War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
- - How did Reverent Charles Dodgson, aged 30, lecturer in Geometry at Christ Church, Oxford and popular for precise work, on a single July afternoon while rowing up the Isis with a brother don and three little girls, give birth to one of the most famous stories of all time?
- - Better known as Lord Byron, George Gordon Byron has been the most squabbling figure in the world of literary history.
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Mary Ann was known to the world as George Eliot. Paving her way Through the male dominated world of early 19th century English Literature, she left an undeniable imprint on the minds and hearts of the readers.
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Mario Puzo's The Godfather topped the charts for 67 consecutive weeks on the Times bestseller list. Over the years, more than 21 million copies were sold.
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"All you need in life is ignorance and confidence, then success is sure", these words of Mark Twain, one of the greatest humorists of America, probably reflect his philosophy of life.
- The greatest stalwart in the field of Hindi and Urdu fiction – Premchand – whose real name was Dhanpat Rai or Nawabrai, was a prolific writer who wrote 12 novels and 300 short stories.
- - Mailer has not only published 39 books (including 11 novels), he has written plays (and staged them), screenplays (and directed them), poems (for both Nugget and The New Yorker, among others) and essayed every sort of narrative form (including some he invented).
- - The Odyssey is an epic story that has been a significant piece of literature since it was first composed, and will remain so for ages to come. One of the reasons it has been so, is its hero, Odysseus.
- - AT A GLANCEOSCAR WILDE [1854 - 1900] "I am not English. I am Irish - Which is quite another thing."
- - Known around the world as the antidote to sorrow, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse and his Jeeves novels mark a genre of their own.
- - PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY [1792-1822]
Always enveloped by mysticism and controversy, Percy Bysshe Shelley lived a life of a rebel.
- - R K Laxman, a man blessed with a unique sense of satire is the most loved cartoonist in India whose popularity has traveled to several other countries.
- - Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore was a creative epoch in whose wake great legions of inspired writers, poets, singers, musicians, linguists, historians, artists and philosophers emerged in India.
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Began keeping journals, which he continued throughout virtually all his life. The first series was called "Wide World", expressing his current thoughts on all topics.
- - Rudyard Kipling, the poet of all times, speaks about the involvement and evolution of life. He visualizes the mankind in few stanzas, which reflect the aim and conclusion of every being.
- - A man of profound imagination and romanticism, Samuel Taylor Coleridge has contributed into the world of English literature with such lyrical ballads that the generations to come will always be oblidged to him for Kubla Khan, The Ancient Mariner and Biographia Literaria.
- - Sarojini Naidu, also known as the Nightingale of India, lived a purposeful life. A devoted freedom fighter, a principled politician, a progressive activist, a radical reformer, an inspirational poet - woman of varied talents and high caliber, Sarojini Naidu lived life to its fullest.
- - "The quiet but deep observation, understanding and love of the human race, which are characteristic of all his films, have impressed me greatly – I feel that he is a ‘giant’ of the movie industry."
- - Perhaps the most famous fictional character of all time, Sherlock Holmes is still alive in popular imagination more than a hundred years after he was created.
- - Over the years, the name Stephen King has become synonymous with cryptic tales, stories of horror, studies of the macabre, and also a continuity of sagas filled with horror, suspense, and intrigue. His stories catapult the reader into a world of dark fantasy, unknown terror, with descriptions of characters so meticulous and vivid that they seem astonishingly real.
- - T. S. Eliot was born on September 26, 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri (U.S.A).
A representative poet of the present century, he has been regarded as a foremost poet, dramatist and critic. He was also an editor of repute.
- - Thomas Hardy is one of the greatest literary figures of the 19th century. His literary genius is apparent in his poems and novels.
- - "A Law of Nature (Lex Naturalis) is a precept, or general rule, found out by reason, by which a person is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life, or takes away the means of preserving the same; and to omit that by which he thinks it may be preserved," said Thomas Hobbes, the English philosopher and political theorist known even today for his philosophical works.
- - "To love another person is to see the face of God."
- Les Miserables
'Love' was the only religion he had faith in.
- - "There is or should be, an existence of yours beyond you."
Virginia's life was paradoxical. She was exceptionally astute and in many respects wise.
- - Dull in study, dark in complexion, unsuccessful in love, William Butler Yeats was attracted towards occultism and theosophy, and began writing plays, ballads and poetry.
- - Walt Whitman, the great poet, was every inch an American. His poems, including those in Leaves Of Grass, advocate the principles of freedom and democracy that the USA always stood for.
- - A British novelist, playwright and short-story writer, W S Maugham was the highest paid author in the 1930’s.
- - The Bard of Avon, as he was known, is still famous in this era more than four hundred years after his birth.
- - William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist, whose reputation rests chiefly on Vanity Fair, a novel of the Napoleonic era in England, and The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., set in the early 18th century.
- - Born in Cockermouth, England was the pioneer and central figure of the English poetry in the Romantic Era, his effort was a brief flowering of creative spirit midway between the collapse of 18th century authoritarianism and of the Victorian Era.
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- - Rene Descartes ( Latin: Renatius Cartesius ), the founder of modern philosophy and one of the creators of seventeenth century science, liberated philosophical thought from the confines of tradition bound medieval philosophy divorced from observation and practice.
- - Shrinivas Ramanujan in his short life-span, proved to be a mathematical genius comparable to the likes of Karl Jacobi and Leonhaed Euler.
- - The above lines aptly describe Sir William Thomson. A Scottish engineer, mathematician and physicist, all rolled into one, had one of the keenest and most versatile minds that answered every call of science.
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- - If advertising means breaking the code, he pioneered it.
Leo Burnett – an advertising guru who moved beyond standard advertising practice based on foundationof worded argument to create non-linear advertising strategies characterized by visual representation.
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- - Akio Morita, the Guru of electronics industry became a name to reckon within the business world by establishing Sony, the never-ending success story of the century.
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Most of Bill's personal beliefs revolve around working hard & trying your hardest to succeed.
- - "Where will you go when you die ?", a Russian orphan, Peter was asked. He simply replied, "To Miss Nightingale."
- - Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia in USA in 1880. Her father Captain Arthur Helen Keller had fought with the Confederate army of Vicksburg.
- - Rockefeller will be remembered mainly for two reasons – his abilities as a businessman and his quality of philanthropy. He aimed high but had the capacity to fulfill his ambitions through hard work and efficient planning.
- - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was a widow of John F Kennedy, 35th President of the United States and Aristotle S Onassis, a Greek businessman.
- - A century ago, by pioneering television, John Logie Baird influenced the lifestyle of generations to come and made the vast planet a small and a better place to live in.
- - "Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them," these Shakespearean phrases probably portray well the character of Diana.
- - Lee Iacocca once wanted a career in military but ended up as a business management icon.
- - A eugenicist or a founder of planned parenthood ? A racist or a radical activist for women’s freedom ?
- - "There are many men that are affected by times in which they live but there are very few that actually shape them."
- - The civilized world has been witness to brutal atrocities and inhuman prejudices from time immemorial. Nations stood mute watching injustice with helpless hands and cowardice.
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- - Edmund Hillary, the man, who in literal terms of its meaning, climbed to the highest peak in this world and also opened an avenue for other men to reach the highest point on the earth- Mount Everest.
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- - Ludwig van Beethoven, the German musical genius, redefined the scope of western classical music by transforming it into a powerful medium of expression of philosophical thoughts as well as feelings.t.
- - Michael Jackson is more than just an extraordinarily popular singer and a wonderfully gifted dancer : he is a phenomenon that has forever left an imprint on the music industry.
- - Mozart ranks as one of the great geniuses of Western civilization. In spite of his precocity, Mozart had an initially unsuccessful career and he passed away at a young age.
- - The strings of the sitar beckon your attention, its strains touch your soul. You wonder who the maestro is, who has created such lucid, inspirational grandeur; who has woven this musical whirlpool of concentric notes, that reach the heights of ecstasy.
- - Imaging a person, who could turn every sound into music. With no exaggeration, Tansen could Literally play any sound and transform it into mellifluous music.
- - Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is among the few distinguished and successful exponents of Indian classical music, whose name has become synonymous with sarod.
- - The spring breeze of 1916, the holy waters of the Ganges, the wee hours of March 21 waited with open arms, to welcome another member to the house of Rasool Bux Khan, the shehnai–nawaz of the King’s court in Bhojpur, Dumraon of Bihar – Bismillah Khan.
- - From barcarole to serenta;
With a swirling touch the contrapunto becomes a sonorous, histrionic euphony.
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- - Adam Smith was a genius among the economists along with also being a philosopher. Not only did he extend the boundaries of economy, but also enlightened and reformed the commercial policy of Europe.
- - Dr. Albert Schweitzer was a physician, animal lover, environmentalist, musician, theologian, anti-nuclear activist, philosopher, pastor, husband, father and a friend.
- - In a small Greek township of Stagira, Aristotle was born in the summer of 384 B.C., on the Chalcidie Peninsula of Macedonia in Northern Greece.
- - The earth has, ever since it's origin, witnessed phenomena. Ayn Rand was one such phenomenon, with an air of uniqueness all around her.ce.
- - Franklin is considered to be one of the leading founding statesman of the ‘United States of America.’He was a shrewd statesmen. Here is an example of his wit and humor.
- - He was born in Britain. His mother’s name was Katharine Russell, Lady Amberley. She gave birth to three children between 1865 and 1872, of whom Bertrand was the last.
- - The life of Francis Bacon is a story of a life devoted to great ideas. These ideas grew on him from his very childhood and pre-occupied him until his death.
- - Friedrich Nietzsche was suffering from lapses of depression and ill health, during his whole lifetime. He was an outspoken and harsh writer.
- A soldier, a civil servant, a diplomat - Geoffrey Chaucer has been busy all his life on many more fronts besides being a pioneer of the world of literature.
- - One of the masters of the world literature, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe was the last European poet who possessed the revolutionary qualities of the great Renaissance personalities.
- - George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel born in Stuttgart, Germany, was an idealist philosopher who has influenced most facets of modern philosophy.
- - Immanuel Kant, regarded as the greatest of modern philosophers, gave a new direction to philosophy by showing the limits of knowledge, and by reconciling reason with feeling.
- - Jiddu Krishnamurti was born in Mandanapalle, A.P., India, on May 12th, 1895.For more than 60 years he travelled the world giving interviews to millions of people of varied ages and backgrounds, saying that a complete change in the hearts and minds of people was the only way to bring about a change in society and peace in the world.
- - French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre was an exponent of Existentialism, an advocate of human freedom and dignity, novelist, playwright, journalist, and a political thinker.
- - John Dewey is considered to be one of the few Americans of the 20th century who "…can be acknowledged on a world scale as a spokesman for mankind."
- - "New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common."
- - John Stuart Mill, has had a profound influence on 19th century British thought in philosophy, economics, political science, logic, and ethics. His father James Mill – a renowned British historian, economist, and philosopher, embarked on and monitored John’s high intensity education beginning with Greek, to prepare him intellectually for eventual leadership of the Benthamites.
- - Khalil Gibran was born on January 6, 1883, to the Maronite family of Gibran in Bsharri, in Northern Lebanon. The people of Mount Lebanon had struggle for several years to gain independence from the Ottoman rule, a cause Gibran was later to adopt and become an active member in.
- - Lao-tzu was a great Chinese philosopher. He had come out with these doctrines 2000 years ago. These doctrines still hold true. Lao-tzu defines religion and nature as Tao.
- - The character portrayal of Mulla Nasruddin is that of a simpleton. He is someone as common as our next door neighbour and as witty as your favourite screen comedian. His daily routine was itself a source of fun for those around him. His deeds always had a certain depth.
- - According to the most reliable accounts, Plato was born in the spring of year 427 BC, in the island of Agina, near Athens. His father was Ariston.
- - Emerson went to Europe and met many British writers and poets. He came back from Europe in 1833, and settled in Concord, Massachusetts.
- - Rene Descartes ( Latin: Renatius Cartesius ), the founder of modern philosophy and one of the creators of seventeenth century science, liberated philosophical thought from the confines of tradition bound medieval philosophy divorced from observation and practice.
- - Socrates was born about 10 years after the Battle of Salamis. His father, Sophronisus, was a friend of the family of Aristides, the founder of the Delian League, empire arose. The philosopher’s mother, Phaenarete, acted as a “midwife”.
- - Francois Marie Arouet used the pseudonym Voltaire. He was a French author and leader of the 'Enlightenment Movement'.
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- - "If any personal description is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet four inches nearly; lean in flesh, weighing, on an average, one hundred and eighty pounds, dark complexion, with coarse black hair, and grey eyes – no other marks or brands recollected."
- - An Arab leader, every inch an Egyptian - simple, friendly and hospitable. Anwar Sadat made ceaseless efforts in achieving his goals, namely establishing social justice and peace in his motherland.
- - Dadabhai Naoroji was popularly known as the "grand old man of India". Born in a poor Parsi priest family, Dadabhai's father and grandfather earned their livelihood by farming.
- - History reveals that at every instance of war, the politicians are the ones who give birth to it, seldom does it happen that a war gives birth to a politician.
- - Planet Earth is indebted to the man who opened the doors to freedom, leading the world into the realm of free enterprise, he showed the empowering way of living in Democracy.
- - Jayprakash Narayan stands as a beacon among the politicians who were engaged in a long drawn battle against the British rule. He was drawn towards the freedom struggle from a very tender age.
- - There goes a Chinese saying, "It is better to light a little candle than curse the darkness." Most of us curse the darkness and are frustrated at the surrounding gloom.
- - "It is our good fortune in trying of the war the Red Army and the Soviet people were led forward by the wise and tested leader of the Soviet Union – the Great Stalin. With the name of Generalissimo Stalin the glorious victories of our army will go down in the history of our country and in the history of the world.
- - Just when chaos has reached its peak, when the rule of darkness has extinguished even the faintest remnants of light, just when all hopes have been shattered; inexplicably...things start falling in their own places, giving birth to a new order and a situation that was stable than ever before.
- - Words fail to describe the stature of a person like Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, revered and fondly called Mahatma Gandhi or Bapu. India's tryst with destiny was altered for good, only for this great soul who fought his and his people's battles with AHIMSA or Non-violence.
- - Born to a Grantham bookstore owner, Margaret Thatcher led Britain to economic freedom and superpower status
- - Stage actor, singer, political activist, Paul Robeson studied at the Rutgers University and excelled in All American football team.
- - For most of us, zebras are animals with black stripes but the truth is that the animals are black, with white stripes. Similarly, Pol Pot was convinced that he was working towards a prosperous Cambodia.
- - Born and raised in Southern California, Nixon had a difficult childhood. After graduating from law school at Duke University, Nixon was rejected by the FBI when he applied to become an agent.
- - And they are one in a million.....Ronald Reagan was one of them.He was the oldest man ever elected to the US Presidency, who brought a vision and vigor to the office that revitalized the spirit of the world’s most powerful nation.
- - "Words are very powerful, they can get things done for us, but then a word and a gun makes it much easier."This is an intrinsic belief, the base of all actions of the most powerful man of Middle East, the man who alone is getting to the nerves of the entire Western world – Saddam Hussein.
- - Sarojini Naidu, also known as the Nightingale of India, lived a purposeful life. A devoted freedom fighter, a principled politician, a progressive activist, a radical reformer, an inspirational poet - woman of varied talents and high caliber, Sarojini Naidu lived life to its fullest.
- - Thomas Babington Macaulay is best known for his History of England, which covers the period between 1688-1702. Macaulay preserved the past for the future. The history he wrote has proved to be the balustrade for the archeologists to excavate the history.
- - A man is known by the way in which he shoulders his joys, sorrows, aspirations, dreams, struggles, successes, failures, fortunes and flaws. One man who is well known in history for shouldering the responsibility of an entire nation despite all its ups and downs is none other than Sir Winston Spencer Churchill.
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- - Abraham Maslow was born on April 1, 1908 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the eldest son among the seven children. His uneducated parents were Jewish immigrants from Russia.
- - A Canadian by birth, he is a pioneer in the field of psychology, whose seminal, theoretical and research contributions have influenced many fields, including cognitive social learning, aggression, moral development, personality development and self-efficiency.
- - Austrian psychologist and psychiatrist, Alfred Adler, was the founder of ‘Individual Psychology’, the most widely accepted technique next to psychoanalysis, founded by Sigmund Freud.
- - French psychologist Alfred Binet, was known for developing a Standard Intelligence Test.In 1904, Binet was appointed by a ministerial commission to pick out the slow learners from the capable school children in France.
- - He was born on March 20, 1904 in Pennsylvania of Susquehanna. His father’s name was William Skinner. He was a lawyer. His mother’s name was Grace Burrhus. She was a good housewife.
- - Carl Gustav Jung, one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century, began as a psychiatrist, then became a psychoanalyst equal in stature to Freud, and finally set out to establish Analytical Psychology.
- - His clinical theory is based on years of experience dealing with his clients. This is common with Freud. Another common point in Rogers and Freud is a rich and mature theory, that is well thought out and logically tight with broad application.
- - Erich Fromm, a psychoanalyst and social philosopher, was born on March 23rd, 1900 in Frankfurt, Germany.
- - Erik Homberger Erikson, one of the greatest psychoanalysts of this century, brought about a revolutionary paradigm shift in the study of man and society.
- - This Germany born British behavioral psychologist was best known for his theory on human personality. Much of his work has been psychometric research into the normal variation of human personality and intelligence.
- - Allport G. W., an American psychologist, born in 1897, in Montezuma, Indiana U.S.A. He received his doctorate in 1922 from Harvard University, then spent two years on his fellowship.
- - Granville Stanley Hall, the famous American Psychologist and Educator, was instrumental in introducing experimental psychology on a laboratory scale.
- - George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel born in Stuttgart, Germany, was an idealist philosopher who has influenced most facets of modern philosophy.
- - Henri Nouwen was a writer, Catholic priest, spiritual director, psychologist, pastoral theologist, lecturer & counselor all rolled into one.
- - HERMANN EBBINGHAUS (1850 - 1909) Hermann Ebbinghaus was born in Bremen, Germany. He taught at the University
oferlin, the University of Breslau and the University of Halle.
- - Ivan Pavlov was born in 1849 in a small village, Ryazan in Central Russia. His father was a village priest and his mother, the daughter of a priest.
- - Swiss born Jean Piaget was a world-renowned psychologist who put forth fundamental theories on mental growth of children known as Cognitive Development Theory.
- - John Broadus Watson is known as a ‘Founder of Behaviorism’. He was a vigorous writer and his writings give additional insight into his ‘Behaviorism’.
- Wolfgang Köhler was a Germany born American psychologist. He was one of the founders of Gestalt psychology with Max Wertheimer and Kurt Koffka.
- - This Germany born American (naturalized) psychologist was one of the prominent contributors to the school of Gestalt Psychology.
- - This Czech born psychologist was educated in Germany. He was awarded a Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Würzburg in 1904.
- - A highly respected British psychologist, William McDougall besides being a professor of psychology, both at Harvard and Duke Universities, authored widely read books on psychology and ethics.
- - Franz Anton Mesmer was an Austrian physician, who as a showman traveled Europe extensively and elicited an interest among the educated in his various doctrines, especially Animal Magnetism.
- - Mulla Nasruddin was a mendicant dear to God. He simply worried not about tomorrow, but every waking moment. Saints are persons who are completely free worries. Mulla Nasruddin’s anecdotes and stories, though seemingly sound humorous, but they carry a deep understanding of practical philosophy of life.
- - Dr Robert Sternberg, a professor of psychology at Yale University, a prolific researcher, has published 750 books and articles in the fields of intelligence, creativity, and love.
- - Sigmund Freud was born on 6th May, 1856 in Freibergy Morvia. His father Jacob was a merchant and his mother Amelia (3rd wife of Jacob) who called him "My Golden Sigi".
- - This document deals extensively with the life, and social and psychological ideology of Stanley Milgram, one of the greatest pioneers of social psychology.
- - "A Law of Nature (Lex Naturalis) is a precept, or general rule, found out by reason, by which a person is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life, or takes away the means of preserving the same; and to omit that by which he thinks it may be preserved," said Thomas Hobbes, the English philosopher and political theorist known even today for his philosophical works.
- - One of the founders of modern educational psychology, Thorndike Edward Lee applied scientific principles and quantitative treatment to psychological research. He also developed a theory of stimulus response based learning.
- - "If you have not discovered something you can die for, you are not fit to live."Decades ago, American hero Martin Luther King uttered these words, as if to confirm the essence of Logotherapy, the revolutionary concept in Digital Photo introduced by Victor Frankl.
- - AUGUST 16, 1832
He was born in a small German village - Nekarau, near Mannheim, Beden. His father was a Lutheran clergyman.
- - William James, an American teacher, philosopher and psychologist was the founder of what is now known as Pragmatism.
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- - The Dalai Lamas of Tibet are unique in the sense that there has been nobody like them. For last 300 years, not only have they been the rulers of the their country on the religious fronts, but on the secular fronts also.
- - The year and place of Jesus' birth are uncertain. Mark and John say nothing about that. The only source for that is the widely divergent birth and childhood legends in Mathew 1 and 2, where Jesus' birth and early lot are set in the time of Herod I and the change of regime (4 BC), and the narrative of Luke, which links Jesus' birth with the first registration in the town of Bethlehem in Judaea, under the Emperor Augustus (AD 6).
- - Buddha was born in a Hindu family, which nurtured him with the Hindu culture and way of life. The customs, traditions and the intricacies of Hinduism moved him definitely – not towards, but away from them.
- - The ‘SANSKRIT’ root ‘Ji’ or ‘Jay’ means to win or to conquer. ‘Jain’ means one who is a conqurer, not of an empire but of passions such as ANGER, ATTACHMENT, AVARICE and PRIDE which are our real enemies.
- - The age in which Chaitanya Mahaprabhu took birth can be termed as a great revolutionary period.
- - Madurai, the famous city in Tamil Nadu, has held immense importance in the history of India. Called the ‘city of temples’, it stands immaculately surrounded by legends and stories of great saints and rulers of the bygone era.
- - "To write my biography is impossible…Not only in my case but in that of poets, philosophers and yogis…" said Sri Aurobindo.
- - Swami Vivekanand was born in Calcutta on January 12, 1863 on the holy day of Makar Sankranti. His father, Viswanath Datta was a prominent lawyer of Calcutta and his mother, Bhuvaneshwari Devi was a very cultured woman.
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- - Bhagat Singh stands out as a hero to the Indian youth. His life was a romantic political saga during the long-drawn struggle against the British bureaucracy.
- - Frederick Engels was a revolutionary thinker. He was one of Marx’s life long friend and associate. He always stood by his friend’s world famous theory of Marxism.
He made an invaluable contribution to elaborate the dialectics of materialist philosophy, political economy and scientific communism.
- - "Joan was a being so uplifted from the ordinary run of mankind that she finds no equal in a thousand years."
- - This creator of Das Kapital - the doctrine of Communism, can be deemed as a great German Economic and Political Philosopher.
- - The contribution of Martin Luther King Jr to the black freedom movement was that of a leader who was able to turn protests into a crusade and to translate local conflicts into moral issues of nationwide concern.
- - Lenin was history’s first Marxist and working class leader to head the popular movement that put into practice the scientific theories of Communism. He was the first to direct a victorious proletarian revolution, and the first leader of a Socialist state.
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- - Dr Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam – 'a 200 per cent Indian', as his colleagues call him, has made India proud in myriad ways.
- - Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 in the small town of Ulm, in southern Germany, near the source of Europe's longest river, the Danube. His parents, Hermann and Pauline were Jewish.
- - Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta was among the leading scientists during the late 1700s. His works were of the utmost importance to mankind and all his inventions speak of his genius. Having dropped out of studies, he pursued the research of electricity, and achieved great success.
- - The discovery of Penicillin is one of the greatest of medical discoveries of the 20th century and certainly one of the greatest discoveries of all time.
- - Better known as inventor of Dynamite, Alfred Bernhard Nobel, was a poet as well as the archetype international capitalist.
- - Blaise Pascal, the French scientist was one of the most reputed Mathematician and Physicist of his time. Being a profound thinker, well ahead of his time, he also contributed immensely to the Christian literature.
- - C.V. Raman, the great Indian physicist, was the first Asian Scientist to be awarded the Nobel Prize in 1930 for his work on the Scattering of Light and Raman Effect. He also carried out research in acoustics, optics, crystallographic dynamics, colors and their perception.
- - British mathematician, designer and inventor of the world’s first mechanical computing machine, the forerunner of the modern electronic computer, is considered as one of the key figures of the golden era of British history.
- - Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist. It was his innate curiosity, initiative originality and the ruthless application of honesty that made him such a great researcher. He was an example that extensive research is something much more than feats of logic or memory.
- - On September 29, 1901, the world was blessed with a prodigy, who by his unparalleled works carved a niche for himself in the realm of Physics.
- - One of the greatest scientists of the 20th century, Ernest Rutherford was the Father of modern atomic physics and precursor of the nuclear age.
- - Sir Francis Galton was a British explorer, born in England. He is best known for his studies on heredity and intelligence.
- - Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15, 1564, 21 years after the death of Copernicus and three days before the death of Michelangelo.
- How often do you use the telephone? Every day, two or three times a day or almost daylong? What would it be like if there was no phone? Thanks to Alexander Graham Bell, who invented one of the most significant domestic device of today – the Telephone.
- - The air is full of promises of miracles", a man wrote in London. Soon after, three dots and the letter S sputtered across the Atlantic Ocean.
- - Sir Isaac Newton was born in 1642, on the auspicious day of Christmas, in the Manor House at the Hamlet of Woolsthorpe, in Lincolnshire.
- - The traditional belief of the Orient, that plants have life is a well- documented fact, professed by rishis of ancient India. It was for Jagdish Chandra Bose, an eminent Indian scientist, to prove that plants too have life and feelings like any other living being.
- - If the question were asked : "Who is the most famous British engineer ?", the first answer that would immediately come to one's lips would be James Watt.
- - Jonas Salk, the great physician and medical researcher was the first to develop a safe and effective vaccine for poliomyelitis more commonly known as polio.
- - The man who coined the word biologie (biology) and one of its pioneers was French scientist Lamarck.
- - Lavoisier Antoine Laurent, a French chemist and physicist was born in Paris in 1743. He belonged to a family of lawyers.
- - We are humans. We have minds, books and records to develop our knowledge and intellect. What we have discovered so far is no mean achievement. Our aim is similar to Tennyson’s Ulysses :
- - Louis Pasteur, the French chemist, is known as the founder of Microbiological Sciences. A noteworthy figure in the field of science, he formulated the process of fermentation - a knowledge of the chief maladies which have scourged man and annimals - a knowledge of the measure by which either the body may be protected against these diseases, or the poison neutralised when once within the body.
- - Dr. Marie Curie is known to the world as the inventor of radioactive metals i.e. Radium & Polonium. Originally of Polish descent, she settled down in France. She was of that rare breed of people who shied away from the limelight.
- - Faraday, an individual admired and adored by the masses, was among the great scientific minds of the 19th century.
- Nicolaus Copernicus, born in Thorn, Poland, was a cleric, a canon lawyer, and a physician; by inclination. In spite of poor eyesight, he was an established portrait painter, an astute astronomer, a great mathematician, and finally destined to become, one of the seminal figures in the history of science through his heliocentric doctrine
- - "One may wonder whether it is in man’s interest to know nature’s secrets, if he is ready to benefit from them or if this knowledge will harm him…I am among those who believe that humanity will draw more benefit than harm from these discoveries."
- - It was his flight to fancy that laid the foundation for the first flight into space. Robert Hutchings Goddard, the Father of Modern Rocketry, was an American expert of rocket research who is recognized as a remarkable experimenter as well as an engineering genius.
- - Enthusiasm leads a man towards the peak of creativity. Be it an artist like Leonardo da Vinci or a scientist like Robert John Hooke.
- - Our quest for knowledge has led us to two frontiers – space, and the world of microscopic life. Dr. Robert Koch, the German Bacteriologist, chose the latter and set it up on its feet, turning it into an exact science.
- - Mankind since time immemorial has tried to answer the question about the universe. This quest for knowledge about the origins of the universe has remained unanswered.
- - FEB. 11, 1847 Thomas Edison was born on 11th February in Milan, Ohio.
SPRING-SUMMER, 1863 After completion of study, he started job as a telegrapher for 1863 the Grand Trunk railroad at Stratford Junction, Ontario.
- - "I will leave my mark somewhere, and it shall be clear and distinct."Educated in the background of Church dominance over science and education, Professor Huxley was an epoch of the 19th century.
- - Werner Karl Heisenberg was one of those rare geniuses who dared to overturn all the opinions sacredly held hitherto, and whose influence is felt much beyond their narrow field of work.
- - Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen[ 1845 – 1923 ]
The year 1895 witnessed a turning point in experimental physics as Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered ‘X–rays’.
- - In the late 16th century, when the world was getting away from the medieval thoughts and practices, William Harvey persuaded the study of human anatomy and achieved a milestone in the field of science.
- - The above lines aptly describe Sir William Thomson. A Scottish engineer, mathematician and physicist, all rolled into one, had one of the keenest and most versatile minds that answered every call of science.
- - APRIL 16, 1867
Wilbur Wright the eldest of the ‘Wright Brothers’ was born in a small farm near Milville Indiana. He was the third son of the family. His father’s name was Bishop Milton Wright. His mother’s name was Susan Catherine.
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- - Grown up among the limited means and opportunities, and as a youth compelled to play on the segregated courts, the lawn tennis player, Arthur Ashe could create his own place in a white man's game with the help of his talent, determination and love for the game.
- - George Herman Ruth alias Babe Ruth lived the mythic tale of 'from rags to riches'. From a battered childhood to the biggest baseball player - the Babe exemplified the American dream. Born in a poor family and brought up in an orphanage, Babe rose to unimaginable heights of fame.
- - Most of us feel, many a time, that life is nothing but a determined sprint to achieve one’s desired goals. One, who touches the finish line first, is considered the winner.
- - "DON IS OUT !" – this phrase of the commentator would provide lifelong fame for the bowler who dismissed the great Australian cricketer Donald Bradman, popularly known as the ‘Don’. The greatest phenomenon in the history of cricket, possessed a deep and undying love for cricket, rather an exceptional ability to play all ball games.
- Someone has rightly said;
"Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, and your heart can desire, you can achieve it."
- - Nicknamed Golden Bear, this prolific sports person touched Himalayan heights in the game of Golf.
- - From the cotton fields to the track and fields at the lympics to the White House for the Living Legends Award, to being warded the Medal of Freedom; it was surely a great run for the fabled Black Pearl – the great Jesse Owens.
- - McEnroe, is perhaps the most skilled and yet the most controversial of all players. He played brilliantly in both singles and doubles and was distinguished by his shot making artistry and volatile temper.
- - Martina Navratilova, a Czech-American tennis player, who came to the United States with a racquet in hand and hope in heart, after two decades, left the court, becoming the Queen of Tennis.
- - "There are many men that are affected by times in which they live but there are very few that actually shape them."
- - The legendary soccer player Pele was indeed a ‘Black Pearl’ in the ocean of oysters. From playing with a ball made out of old socks, to dribbling the football under the noses of his opponents, Pele had come a long way.
- - A Norway born American figure skater and Hollywood actress, Sonja Henie was a celebrity of the 1930s. She dominated the rink winning 10 consecutive world championships and three Olympic Golds.
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- - The finale was full of drama. On October 15, 1917, Mata Hari refused both blindfold and tether and blew a kiss to the firing squad before they pulled the trigger.
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- - Osama bin Laden – a name that stands for terror worldwide. The man responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians.
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