Parkinson was the first person to systematically describe six individuals with symptoms of the disease that bears his name. In An Essay on the Shaking Palsy (1817), he reported on three of his own patients and three persons whom he saw in the...
Senna inspired millions across the globe because of his skill and dedication to his sport. He seemed to live life to the full and always sought to stretch himself to his limits.
Kirby was involved in Timely’s 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, which in the next decade became Marvel. There, in the 1960s under writer-editor Stan Lee, Kirby co-created many of the company’s major characters, including the Fantastic Four, the...
His comments were insightful, short and, at the same time, profound, all made impromptu.
Orson Welles began his career as a stage actor before going on to radio, creating his unforgettable version of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds.
The Inklings were an informal literary discussion group associated with J. R. R. Tolkien at the University of Oxford for nearly two decades between the early 1930s and late 1949.
C.S. Lewis was a prolific Irish writer and scholar best known for his ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ fantasy series and his pro-Christian texts
J.R.R. Tolkien is an internationally renowned fantasy writer. He is best known for authoring ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy.
Membership of the Inklings, whom he joined at the outbreak of the Second World War, was only the final phase in a remarkable career.
Hawking achieved commercial success with several works of popular science in which he discussed his theories and cosmology in general.
In 1905, a year sometimes described as his annus mirabilis (‘miracle year’), Einstein published four groundbreaking papers.
Neben ihren Nobelpreisen erhielt sie zahlreiche weitere Ehrungen und Ehrungen; 1995 wurde sie als erste Frau im Pariser Panthéon auf eigene Faust beigesetzt.
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