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The list History of science includes Albert Einstein, Aristotle, Averroes, René Descartes and Jonnie Penn. The list consists of 109 members and 27 sublists.

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The study of the past as it is described in written documents
  • 1.

    Albert Einstein
    German-born physicist (1879–1955)
    Albert Einstein
    Overview: Albert Einstein ( EYEN-styne; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, universally acknowledged to be one of the two greatest physicists of all time, the other being Isaac ...
    Date of birth: 14 March 1879
    Date of death: 18 April 1955
    Age: 76 (age at death)
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Physicist
    Gender: Male
    Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)
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    Jewish German physicists 43T
    Recipients of Franklin Medal 114T
    Anti-nationalists 18T
  • 2.

    H.G. Wells
    English writer (1866–1946)
    H.G. Wells
    Overview: Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography ...
    Date of birth: 21 September 1866
    Date of death: 13 August 1946
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Male
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    Cycling writers 68T
    British cultural critics 22T
    British anti-capitalists 25T
  • 3.

    Aristotle
    Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath (384–322 BC)
    Aristotle
    Overview: Aristotle (Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs, 384–322 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He was the founder of the Lyceum and the Peripatetic school of ...
    Nationality: Greek
    Occupation: Philosopher
    Gender: Male
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    4th-century BC mathematicians 10T
    Students of Plato 2T
    Ancient Greek economists 3T
  • 4.

    Jonnie Penn
    Canadian television producer
    Jonnie Penn
    Overview: Jonnie Penn (born January 2, 1987) is a bestselling Canadian non-fiction author and artificial intelligence researcher.
    Date of birth: 2 January 1987
    Age: 38
    Nationality: Canadian
    Occupation: Reality TV
    Gender: Male
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    Writers from Victoria, British Columbia 66T
    Writers from Vancouver 363T
    Artificial intelligence 90T
  • 5.

    Averroes
    Arab-Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
    Averroes
    Overview: Ibn Rushd (Arabic: ابن رشد‎; full name in Arabic: أبو الوليد محمد ابن احمد ابن رشد‎, Abū l-Walīd Muḥammad Ibn ʾAḥmad Ibn Rušd; 14 April 1126 – 11 December 1198), often Latinized as A ...
    Date of birth: 1126
    Date of death: 10 December 1198
    Age: 72 (age at death)
    Nationality: Spanish
    Occupation: Philosopher
    Gender: Male
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    Almohad scholars 4T
    12th-century Muslim theologians 9T
    Astronomers from al-Andalus 21T
  • 6.

    Bertrand Russell
    British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
    Bertrand Russell
    Overview: Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell OM FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British polymath, philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist ...
    Date of birth: 18 May 1872
    Date of death: 2 February 1970
    Age: 97 (age at death)
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Scientist
    Gender: Male
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    Residents of Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park 9T
    19th-century English non-fiction writers 173T
    20th-century English non-fiction writers 123T
  • 7.

    René Descartes
    French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
    René Descartes
    Overview: René Descartes ( or ; Renatus Cartesius; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy ...
    Date of birth: 31 March 1596
    Date of death: 11 February 1650
    Age: 53 (age at death)
    Nationality: French
    Occupation: Philosopher
    Gender: Male
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    Augustinian philosophers 13T
    Founders of philosophical traditions 43T
    Cartesianism 8T
  • 8.

    Pythagoras
    Greek philosopher (c. 570 – c. 495 BC)
    Pythagoras
    Overview: Pythagoras of Samos (c. – c.) was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism. His political and religious teachings were well known in Magna Graecia and influenced ...
    Nationality: Greek
    Occupation: Mathematician
    Gender: Male
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    6th-century BC mathematicians 3T
    5th-century BC mathematicians 6T
    Founders of philosophical traditions 43T
  • 9.

    Plato
    Ancient Greek philosopher (428/423 – 348/347 BC)
    Plato
    Overview: Plato ( PLAY-toe; Greek: Πλάτων Plátōn, in Classical Attic; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of ...
    Nationality: Greek
    Occupation: Philosopher
    Gender: Male
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    Intellectualism 7T
    Founders of philosophical traditions 51T
    Philosophers of literature 115T
  • 10.

    Gottfried Leibniz
    German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
    Gottfried Leibniz
    Overview: Gottfried Wilhelm (von) Leibniz (1 July 1646 [O.S. 21 June] – 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat. He is one of the most pr ...
    Date of birth: 1 July 1646
    Date of death: 14 November 1716
    Age: 70 (age at death)
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Mathematician
    Gender: Male
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    Linear algebraists 38T
    Philosophical theists 22T
    People educated at the St. Thomas School, Leipzig 25T
  • 11.

    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788–1860)
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    Overview: Arthur Schopenhauer ( 22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher. He is best known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation (expanded in 1844), which characterizes the ...
    Date of birth: 22 February 1788
    Date of death: 21 September 1860
    Age: 72 (age at death)
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Philosopher
    Gender: Male
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    German idealists 23T
    German critics of Christianity 18T
    German social commentators 20T
  • 12.

    David Hume
    Scottish philosopher (1711–1776)
    David Hume
    Overview: David Hume (born David Home; 7 May 1711 NS – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential ...
    Date of birth: 26 April 1711
    Date of death: 25 August 1776
    Age: 65 (age at death)
    Nationality: Scottish
    Occupation: Historian
    Gender: Male
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    Scottish ethicists 8T
    Philosophers of economics 73T
    18th-century British philosophers 19T
  • 13.

    Avicenna
    Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
    Avicenna
    Overview: Ibn Sina (Persian: ابن سینا‎), also known as Abu Ali Sina (ابوعلی سینا), Pur Sina (پورسینا), and often known in the West as Avicenna (c. – June 1037), was a Persian polymath who is regarded as one ...
    Date of death: 1037
    Nationality: Iranian
    Occupation: Scientist
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    Iranian ethicists 5T
    Pharmacologists of medieval Iran 11T
    Founders of philosophical traditions 43T
  • 14.

    Buckminster Fuller
    American inventor and author
    Buckminster Fuller
    Overview: Richard Buckminster Fuller (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor, and futurist. He styled his name as R. Buckminster Fuller in his writings ...
    Date of birth: 12 July 1895
    Date of death: 1 July 1983
    Age: 87 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Inventor
    Gender: Male
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    Philosophers of economics 73T
    Harvard College alumni 2,012T
    American male non-fiction writers 4,581T
  • 15.

    Roger Bacon
    Medieval philosopher and theologian
    Roger Bacon
    Overview: Roger Bacon OFM (Latin: Rogerus or Rogerius Baconus, Baconis, also Frater Rogerus; c. – c.), also known by the scholastic accolade Doctor Mirabilis, was a medieval English philosopher and Franciscan friar ...
    Date of birth: 1214
    Date of death: 1294
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Philosopher
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    Medieval Arabists 5T
    13th-century alchemists 5T
    Medieval orientalists 7T
  • 16.

    Scientist
    Person who conducts scientific research
    Scientist
    Overview: A scientist is a person who researches to advance knowledge in an area of the natural sciences.
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    Science occupations 26T
    Scientists 43T
  • 17.

    Will Durant
    American historian, philosopher and writer (1885–1981)
    Will Durant
    Overview: William James Durant (November 5, 1885 – November 7, 1981) was an American writer, historian, and philosopher. He became best known for his work The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collab ...
    Date of birth: 5 November 1885
    Date of death: 7 November 1981
    Age: 96 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Male
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    20th-century memoirists 804T
    Ferrer Center and Colony 10T
    St. Peter's Preparatory School alumni 38T
  • 18.

    Person
    being that has certain capacities or attributes constituting personhood (avoid use with P31 [instance of]; use Q5 [human] for humans)
    Person
    Overview: A person (pl.: people or persons, depending on context) is a being who has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally ...
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    Main topic articles 48T
    Concepts in metaphilosophy 35T
    History of ethics 33T
  • 19.

    Perception
    Organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the environment
    Perception
    Overview: Perception (from Latin perceptio 'gathering, receiving') is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information or ...
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    Truth 27T
    Concepts in metaphysics 90T
    Neuropsychological assessment 10T
  • 20.

    Ice age
    Period of long-term reduction in temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere
    Ice age
    Overview: An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Earth's climate ...
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    History of climate variability and change 20T
    Ice ages 48T
    Geological history of the Great Lakes 24T
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