The death of Stephen Hawking in March 2018 brought to a close one of the most remarkable and inspiring scientific life stories of all time. Probably the greatest English cosmologist since Newton and the most celebrated scientist of the modern era, his story transcends the academic sphere. Struck down in his youth with a terrible disease and given just a few years to live, Hawking defied medica…
Just as the Nazis occupied Holland in 1942, a Jewish family with a thirteen-year old girl fled home to go into hiding and succeeded in eluding the dreaded Gestapo for two years. The girl, Anne Frank, wrote her diary till the family were betrayed and caught. While Anne Frank, her mother and her sister eventually perished in captivity—in a concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen—her beloved fath…
How did Einstein’s mind work? What made him a genius? Walter Isaacson’s biography shows how Einstein’s scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom. Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk – a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn’…
A Fictional Dialogue Based On Biographical Facts The “father of modern physics” Galileo Galilei was a scientific revolutionary. He was a renowned polymath whose knowledge spanned the realms of space, time and technology. His cosmic discoveries ushered in an age of scientific revolution: the Moon turned out to be covered with mountains and craters, stars popped out of nowhere, and four sa…
A Fictional Dialogue Based On Biographical Facts The presidency of John F. Kennedy was a magic interlude in American history. His admires saw him as a leader of intelligence and imagination, who wielded power with grace, courage and verve – although detractors have questioned the quality of his convictions and drawn attention to his serial philandering. Kennedy’s rise also marked the beg…
Did falling apples really inspire Newton’s Law of Gravity? Why not ask him yourself? In this dialogue imagined by Newton aficionado Michael White, you’ll discover Newton’s immense influence on our understanding of the world today. Ask him about how he formulated the law of gravity, devised a radically new theory of light and created calculus. You’ll even have a chance to delve into N…
A Fictional Dialogue Based On Biographical Facts Author of some of the most memorable characters in all of literature, Dickens is widely considered the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His work is timeless, transcending generations, while he continues to be one of the most adapted writers in all of history. During his lifetime, Dickens attracted international adulation on an unprecede…
What can your dreams tell you about your hidden desires? Certainly Sigmund Freud will have some answers for you. In this unconventional tete-a-tete, Freud expert D M Thomas sits down with the father of psychoanalysis to answer all your burning question. Freud is no stranger to controversy and in this frank dialogue you will discover the intricacies of Freud’s theory of human development. H…