Articles

Biography of the Apache warrior Geronimo: a controversial figure who faced severely troubled times before his death on February 17, 1909.

The prophet Isaiah wrote of a time when instruments of war would be turned into implements for farming. But today, the opposite occurs far too often.

Zionist ideology formed the core of David Ben-Gurion’s identity. From his youth, the importance of settlement in the land was central to his views.

In 1896 Theodor Herzl published The Jewish State (Der Judenstaat), the basis for his reputation as the father of political Zionism.

Hubble became known as the man who made the smartest man in the world change his mind about the structure of the universe.

Confronted with the evidence of the inhumanity of slavery, William Wilberforce’s hope was to abolish it throughout the British Empire.

This issue’s Bio Vision looks at one of the most influential economists of all time, John Maynard Keynes.

Best known for An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith is credited with establishing the discipline of political economics.

Author of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Max Weber had a significant role in shaping 20^th-century political and social concepts.

Tolkien’s knack for stepping outside the box later enabled him to create not only a gripping story but an entirely new world for his readers.

One of the great women archaeologists of the 20^th century, Kathleen Kenyon will be greatly remembered for her substantial contributions to the field.

In pioneering the philosophy called positivism, August Comte had a profound effect on the most noted philosophers of the 20^th century.

As the central figure in Islam, Muhammad was, according to biographer Maxime Rodinson, “one of the rare men who have turned the world upside down.”

One of the intellectual  giants of the 20^th century, Bertrand Russell earned the acclaim of a Nobel Prize and the reprimand of two prison sentences.

Looking at his early life, no one could have known the impact Friedrich Nietzsche would have on society. But in his final years he was not at peace.

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl is second only to the Bible in nonfiction sales. Her dedication to her life goal resulted in its realization, though not in the way she had hoped.

With a lifetime spanning more than a century, from Queen Victoria’s reign to the present, Britain’s Queen Mother has become a unique national treasure.

Nicolaus Copernicus wanted to correct the science of astronomy, even though that might invite the wrath of the most powerful intellectual elite.

Many of the products and industries that today’s society depends on today had their roots in the fertile imagination of the renowned inventor Thomas Edision.

Founder of prestigious scientific and humanitarian prizes, Alfred Nobel seemed able to ignore the way his powerful inventions were used.