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Bjørn Lomborg was born January 6, 1965. M.A. in political science, 1991. Ph.D. at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. 1994. Assistant professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, 1994-1996. Associate professor at the same place, 1997-2005. Director of Denmark's....[more]
Seth Godin: - writes the most popular marketing blog in the world; - is the author of the bestselling marketing books of the last decade; - speaks to large groups on marketing, new media and what's next; - and is the founder of Squidoo.com, a fast-growing recommendation website. Godin is author of ten book....[more]
Best known for his contributions to the field of philosophy but also a music composer and critic, Theodor Adorno proved popular culture was a phenomenon worth analyzing. This German-born author, who lived from September 11, 1903 to August 6, 1969, was a member of the Frankfurt School, along with such other luminaries s....[more]
It is hard to find a more polarizing author than Austen, who was revered by her admirers and despised by her critics. Either way, her works demand a passionate response two hundred years after they were published. Born in 1775 in England to a middle-class family, Austen had her greatest success shortly before her death....[more]
James Rufus Agee (November 27, 1909 – May 16, 1955) was an American author, poet, screenwriter, journalist, and film critic. Agee is perhaps best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographical novel, A Death in the Family (1957). Agee was working on the novel at the time of his death. After his death, the n....[more]
Isaac Yudovich Ozimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American author, best known for his science fiction novels and short stories. He also wrote mystery, fantasy, and non-fiction. Asimov wrote or edited approximately five hundred books and more than nine thousand letters and postcards. One of his short sto....[more]
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Lucy Autrey Wilson began her career with Lucasfilm in 1974, typing the script to the first Star Wars movie on an IBM Selectric typewriter. Over the years, she developed her accounting skills in areas as diverse as construction, gas and oil exploration, special effects, film, and licensing. In the late 1980s, she establ....[more]
For many, an illustrated version of Aesop’s Fables is ubiquitous with childhood. Born a slave, Aesop and his fables have become a staple of popular culture for generations. While his birthplace is a matter of much scholarly debate with Egypt, Ethiopia and Athens being presented as possibilities, some facts about his li....[more]
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