Masters
Albert Einstein
Einstein's special theory of relativity was published in 1905. It stands as one of the greatest intellectual achievements in the history of human thought.
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell is best known for his invention of the telephone - many inventors had been working on the idea of sending human speech by wire, but Bell was the first to succeed.
Alfred Nobel
Nobel, who invented dynamite, endowed a $9 million fund in his will. The interest on this endowment was to be used as awards for people whose work most benefited humanity.
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol is considered by many as the most influential American artist of the second half of the 20th century.
Carl Gustav Jung
Carl Gustav Jung was the most enigmatic and controversial disciple of Sigmund Freud. He introduced to psychoanalysis crucial questions about religion and the soul which Freud neglected.
Charles Darwin
Darwin assiduously collected specimens of natural fauna, noted geological formations and fossils and visited the Galapagos Islands.
Copernicus
Copernicus was a proponent of the theory that the Sun, and not the Earth, is at rest in the center of the Universe.
Da Vinci
Leonardo's mastery in art, science and engineering have earned him a place among the most prolific geniuses of history.
Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams was the creator of all the various manifestations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life as a BBC Radio 4 series in March 1978.
Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi is best known for his contributions to nuclear physics and the development quantum theory.