Knowledge:
- V.I. Lenin on dialectics
- Thesis for the Study of Dialectics from Hegel
- Popularization of science
- Big Bang
- Life cycle of the sun
- Structure of the Earth
- Heuristics
- Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TIPS, or TRIZ)
- Fractals
- Fractal cosmology
- Human Genome Project
- Theory of everything
- Mathematical logic
Science pioneers:
- Eduard Tsiolkovsky, a pioneer rocket scientist, 1857-1935
- Max Planck, proposed quantum theory , 1858-1947
- Marie Curie , studied radioactivity, 1867-1934
- Albert Einstein , proposed theory of relativity, 1879-1955
- Alfred Wegener , proposed theory of continental drift, 1880-1930
- Niels Bohr , proposed a modern theory of the atom, 1885-1962
- Edwin Hubble , discovered galaxies, 1889-1953
- Georges Lemaitre , proposed a modern cosmological theory, 1894-1966
- Norbert Weiner , founded cybernetics, 1894-1964
- Werner Heisenberg , proposed "the uncertainty principle", 1901-1976
- John von Newmann , proposed self-replicating systems, 1903-1957
- Kurt Godel , proposed "the incompleteness theorem", 1906-1978
- Alan Turing , pioneer of artificial intelligence, 1912-1954
- Francis Crick , proposed the concept of DNA, 1916-2004
- Ilya Prigogine , self-organization of matter, 1917-2003
- Richard Feynman, proposed nanotechnology, 1918-1988
- Lofti Zadeh , father of "fuzzy logic", b.1921
- Benois Mandelbrodt , proposed "fractals", 1924-2010
- Henrich Altschuller, 1926-1998
- James Watson , DNA concept, b.1928
- Peter Higgs , proposed modern theory of gravitation, b.1929
Technology:
Technology pioneers:
- Nikola Tesla , an experimentor in electricity, 1856-1943
- Wright brothers , first heavier than air powered flight, 1867-1912, 1871-1948
- Robert Goddard , a German rocket scietist, 1882-1945
- Sergey Korolev , a Soviet rocket engineer, 1907-1966
- Wernher Braun , constructed V-2, and Saturn rockets, 1912-1977
- Steve Wozniack , developed computer "Apple", 1950
- Timothy Berners-Lee , developed WWW, b.1955
- Linus Torvalds , developed Linux, b.1969
Architecture:
- Frank Lloyd Wright, "fallingwater" house, 1867-1959
- Vladimir Tatlin , "the Comintern tower", 1885-1953
- Oscar Niemeyer, Ministries Esplanade of Brasilia, 1907-2012
Exploration:
- Roald Amundsen , exploration of the Poles, 1872-1928
- Charles Lindbergh , first solo flight across the Atlantic, 1902-1974
- J.Y. Cousteau , underwater exploration, 1910-1997
- Thor Heyerdahl , the "Kon-Tiki" expedition, 1914-2002
- J. Piccard , deepest dive in history, 1922-2008
- Alain Bombard , sailed across the Atlantic on a 4.5 meter rubber boat, 1924-2005
- Yuri Gagarin , the first man in space, 1934-1968
Music:
- Pierre de Geyter , composed music for "International", 1848-1932
- Samuel Barber , "Adagio for strings", 1910-1981
- Ennio Morricone , music for films, such as "Metello", b. 1928
- Ernesto Cortazar , "Beethoven's silence", 1940-2003
Song:
- Leonard Cohen , "Avalanche", 1934-2016
- John Lennon , "Imagine", 1940-1980
- Roger Waters , "In Every Stranger's Eyes", b.1943
- Bette Midler , "Rose", b. 1945
- ABBA , "The Day Before You Came", b.1945, 1946, 1950
- Coolio , "Gangsta Paradise", b.1963
Visual art:
- Diego Riviera, 1886-1957
- Escher, 1898-1972
- Salvador Dali, 1904-1990
- Frida Kahlo, 1907-1954
- Blek le Rat, b. 1951
Sculpture:
- Tatlin Tower, 1919
- Christ the Redeemer, 1931
- A worker and a kolkhoz woman, 1937
- Motherland calls! 1967
Literature:
- Rudyard Kipling , poem "If", 1865-1936
- Lion Feuchtwanger , "Success", 1884-1958
- Earnest Hemingway , novel "A Farewell to Arms", 1899-1961
- Antoine Saint-Exupery , "The Little Prince", 1900-1944
- Arthur Clarke , "2001: Space Odyssey", 1917-2008
- Isaac Asimov , 'Foundation", 1920-1992
- Richard Bach , "Jonathan Livingstone Seagull", b. 1936
- Erich Segal , "Love Story", 1937-2010
Cartoon:
- "Mowgli" , 1967
- Larry Gonick , "Cartoon History of the Universe", b. 1946
Film:
- "Battleship Potemkin", Sergey Eisenstein, 1925
- Charlie Chaplin , "Limelight", 1889-1977
- "Dr. Zhivago", dir. David Lean, 1965
- "Battle of Algiers", dir. Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966
- "Romeo and Juliet ", dir. Franco Zeffirelli, 1968
- Stanley Kubrick , a number of films, 1928-1999
- "Pink Floyd - The Wall" , dir. Alan Parker, 1982
- "Salvador" , dir. Oliver Stone, 1986
- "Platoon" , dir. Oliver Stone, 1987
- "Four Days in September" , dir. Bruno Baretto, 1997
- "American History X ", dir. Tony Kaye,1998
- "The Fight Club" , dir. David Fincher, 1999
Philosophy:
- Betrand Russell , "History of Western Philosophy", 1872-1970
Military art:
- Hans Delbruck , set military art in the context of politics, 1848-1929
- T.E. Lawrence , a leader of the Arabs in WWI, 1888-1935
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