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(Joanne “Jo” Rowling) is the British author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, sold more than 400 million copies, …
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Newton was a physicist and the greatest English mathematician of his generation. He laid the foundation for differential and integral calculus. His work on optics and gravitation make him …
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He was a Russian-born American author and biochemist. Asimov’s interest in science fiction had begun as a boy when he noticed several of the early science fiction magazines for …
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Kent was a German Prussian philosopher, generally regarded as the last major philosopher of the Enlightenment period, having a major impact on the Romantic and Idealist philosophies of the …
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He was the English author who began his career as a novelist with a popular sequence of science fiction that remains the most familiar part of his work. He …
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He was an inventor, philanthropist, and successful American businessman. From the time he was a young boy, Ford enjoyed tinkering with machines. He created the Ford Foundation in 1936 …
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She was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller’s teacher, Anne …
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He was the most influential magician of the 20th century. Among his favorite escapes were: slipping out of ropes, chains, and handcuffs while locked in trunks and milk cans …
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He is one of the all-time masters of horror and the macabre. His major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror, the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds …