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202 concepts
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David Heinemeier Hansson
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45 books
first published 15 Dec 2000 added 16 Feb 2017
first published 15 Dec 2000 added 16 Feb 2017
programmer, racing driver, creator of Ruby on Rails
person
Tyler Cowen
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176 books
first published 2000 added 2 Nov 2021
first published 2000 added 2 Nov 2021
American economist, columnist and blogger
person
Willie Sutton
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63 books
first published 2000 added 6 Jan 2025
first published 2000 added 6 Jan 2025
American bank robber (1901–1980)
person
Clay Shirky
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151 books
first published 2 Jan 1999 added 28 Feb 2024
first published 2 Jan 1999 added 28 Feb 2024
American technology writer
person
Brewster Kahle
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41 books
first published 1999
first published 1999
American computer engineer, founder of the Internet Archive
person
Ray Kurzweil
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253 books
first published 31 Dec 1998
first published 31 Dec 1998
American author, scientist, inventor and futurist
person
George Akerlof
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158 books
first published 30 Aug 1998
first published 30 Aug 1998
an American economist who won the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on information asymmetry
person
Al Roth
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10 books
first published 11 Jun 1998
first published 11 Jun 1998
an American economist known for his work in game theory, market design, and experimental economics. He is a Nobel laureate in Economics.
person
Carl Malamud
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14 books
first published 1998 added 11 Dec 2025
first published 1998 added 11 Dec 2025
American technologist, author and public domain advocate (1959-)
person
Vint Cerf
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84 books
first published 1996 added 1 Mar 2025
first published 1996 added 1 Mar 2025
American computer scientist (born 1943)
person
Marc Andreessen
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264 books
first published 1996 added 20 Feb 2017
first published 1996 added 20 Feb 2017
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
person
venture capitalist
Bob Noyce
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38 books
first published 15 Nov 1995 added 21 Feb 2017
first published 15 Nov 1995 added 21 Feb 2017
American businessman and engineer
person
Boris Johnson
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283 books
first published 1 Dec 1994 added 27 Aug 2017
first published 1 Dec 1994 added 27 Aug 2017
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
person
politics
Neil Kinnock
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74 books
first published 1 Dec 1994 added 4 Mar 2017
first published 1 Dec 1994 added 4 Mar 2017
a British Labour Party politician who served as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992
person
Edward Snowden
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254 books
first published 1 Dec 1994
first published 1 Dec 1994
a former National Security Agency contractor who leaked classified information about global surveillance programs run by American and British spy agencies.
person
Steve Ballmer
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122 books
first published 19 Sep 1994
first published 19 Sep 1994
American businessman, former chief executive officer of Microsoft
person
Steve Wozniak
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220 books
first published 15 Mar 1992
first published 15 Mar 1992
an American electronics engineer and computer programmer, co-founder of Apple Inc.
person
Mitch Kapor
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87 books
first published 15 Mar 1992 added 14 Feb 2018
first published 15 Mar 1992 added 14 Feb 2018
an American entrepreneur best known for founding Lotus Development Corporation and designing Lotus 1-2-3, a spreadsheet application.
person
Farzad Bazoft
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6 books
first published 1991 added 26 Feb 2017
first published 1991 added 26 Feb 2017
Iranian-born journalist & double spy
person
Benoit Mandelbrot
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99 books
first published 2 Jan 1989
first published 2 Jan 1989
a mathematician known for his work on fractals
person
Thomas Bayes
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92 books
first published 2 Jan 1989 added 21 Feb 2017
first published 2 Jan 1989 added 21 Feb 2017
an 18th-century statistician and Presbyterian minister best known for formulating Bayes' theorem, which is fundamental to probability theory.
person
Gary Taubes
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38 books
first published 30 Jun 1988
first published 30 Jun 1988
an American journalist and author who focuses on scientific topics, particularly those related to nutrition and health
person
Richard Feynman
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326 books
first published 30 Jun 1988 added 30 Dec 2016
first published 30 Jun 1988 added 30 Dec 2016
American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)
person
Alvin Toffler
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120 books
first published 1 Jun 1984 added 2 Nov 2021
first published 1 Jun 1984 added 2 Nov 2021
American writer and futurist
person
Ayatollah Khomeini
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191 books
first published 24 Feb 1983
first published 24 Feb 1983
an Iranian Shia Muslim religious leader who led the 1979 Iranian Revolution and became the country's Supreme Leader.
person
Bernie Madoff
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275 books
first published 30 Apr 1981
first published 30 Apr 1981
an American financier convicted of running a Ponzi scheme
person
Jeff Bezos
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619 books
first published 30 Apr 1981
first published 30 Apr 1981
American business magnate (born 1964)
person
tech
Edward Said
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104 books
first published 30 Apr 1981 added 5 Nov 2024
first published 30 Apr 1981 added 5 Nov 2024
Palestinian-American academic, literary critic, and political activist
person
George Gilder
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114 books
first published 30 Apr 1981
first published 30 Apr 1981
an American investor, writer, and economist known for his views on technology and economics
person
Arthur Laffer
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49 books
first published 30 Apr 1981 added 20 Mar 2025
first published 30 Apr 1981 added 20 Mar 2025
American economist (1940-)
person
Peter Eisenman
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24 books
first published 2 Jan 1981 added 11 May 2017
first published 2 Jan 1981 added 11 May 2017
an American architect known for his designs and writings that blend modernist esthetics with post-structural theory
person
Mikhail Gorbachev
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396 books
first published 2 Jan 1977 added 28 Dec 2016 person history politician
first published 2 Jan 1977 added 28 Dec 2016 person history politician
Bernie Sanders
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381 books
first published 2 Jan 1977
first published 2 Jan 1977
an American politician, senator from Vermont, and two-time presidential candidate
person
Fran Lebowitz
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17 books
first published 1976 added 22 Aug 2024
first published 1976 added 22 Aug 2024
American author and public speaker (b. 1950)
person
Herbert Marcuse
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110 books
first published 15 Mar 1974 added 20 Jun 2021
first published 15 Mar 1974 added 20 Jun 2021
a German-American philosopher and sociologist, known for his association with the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory
person
Seymour Hersh
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123 books
first published 1974 added 30 May 2021
first published 1974 added 30 May 2021
American investigative journalist
person
Gerard Salton
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3 books
first published 1974 added 27 Feb 2017
first published 1974 added 27 Feb 2017
an American computer scientist who made significant contributions to the field of information retrieval and is often called the 'father of digital search'.
person
Abbie Hoffman
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80 books
first published 1973 added 17 Aug 2024
first published 1973 added 17 Aug 2024
American activist (1936–1989)
person
Buckminster Fuller
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183 books
first published 1968
first published 1968
American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)
person
Paul Samuelson
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264 books
first published 15 Oct 1967 added 19 Apr 2017
first published 15 Oct 1967 added 19 Apr 2017
an American economist, and the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
person
Steven Pinker
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311 books
first published 1966
first published 1966
Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind
person
Margaret Mead
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188 books
first published 1966 added 30 Dec 2024
first published 1966 added 30 Dec 2024
American anthropologist (1901—1978)
person
John von Neumann
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288 books
first published 1 Feb 1963
first published 1 Feb 1963
Hungarian-American mathematician and polymath (1903–1957)
person
Johannes Kepler
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152 books
first published 1 Feb 1963 added 15 Oct 2020
first published 1 Feb 1963 added 15 Oct 2020
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
person
Frederick Jackson Turner
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71 books
first published 1 Feb 1963 added 1 Apr 2025
first published 1 Feb 1963 added 1 Apr 2025
American historian (1861-1932)
person
Arthur Eddington
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73 books
first published 1962
first published 1962
an English astrophysicist best known for his work on the theory of relativity and the Eddington limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars.
person
Deng Xiaoping
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345 books
first published 1962
first published 1962
a Chinese politician who served as the leader of the Communist Party of China and was instrumental in modernising China
person
Jane Jacobs
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235 books
first published 1 Nov 1961
first published 1 Nov 1961
an American-Canadian journalist and activist best known for her influence on urban planning and her opposition to the urban renewal policies of the 1950s in New York.
person
Thorstein Veblen
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216 books
first published 1956
first published 1956
an American economist and sociologist, famous for introducing the term 'conspicuous consumption'
person
Charles Lindbergh
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225 books
first published 2 Jan 1953 added 15 Oct 2020
first published 2 Jan 1953 added 15 Oct 2020
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist
person
Isaac Newton
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705 books
first published 1949 added 28 Jan 2017
first published 1949 added 28 Jan 2017
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
person
Alan Greenspan
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551 books
first published 1949 added 11 Feb 2022
first published 1949 added 11 Feb 2022
American economist, former Federal Reserve Chairman
person
finance
Mahatma Gandhi
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356 books
first published 21 Mar 1945
first published 21 Mar 1945
an Indian political and spiritual leader who played a key role in India's struggle for independence
person
politician
