ATLAS OF THINKERS AND SCIENTS
Traces left by other minds.
People who have changed our questions throughout history. Choose a portrait; Read together his contribution, the limits of his thought and his important works.
This selection is not the entire history of thought. We do not present ancient and early modern philosophical works as the same kind of evidence as peer-reviewed scientific articles today; links are illustrative comparisons.
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Platon
ca. 428/427–348/347 BC · PhilosopherHe questioned the relationship between appearance, knowledge and education through the metaphor of the cave. It is a thought starter for simulation discussions; It is not evidence of a physical simulation.
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René Descartes
1596–1650 · Philosopher and mathematicianHe explored the basis of our knowledge through methodical ideas of doubt, dreams, and illusory experience; brought the distinction between mind and body to the center of the debate.
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Albert Einstein
1879–1955 · theoretical physicistHe transformed the understanding of time, motion and gravity through special and general relativity; He also made a fundamental contribution to the quantum nature of light.
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Georges Lemaître
1894–1966 · Physicist and cosmologistHe related his expanding universe solutions to galaxy observations; He developed the idea of the first atom on an early cosmic beginning.
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Niels Bohr
1885–1962 · physicistHe applied quantum conditions to atomic structure; He shaped quantum thought with his discussions on measurement order and complementarity.
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John Stewart Bell
1928–1990 · theoretical physicistWith his 1964 theorem he transformed the difference between quantum correlations and local explanations into measurable inequalities.
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Vera Rubin
1928–2016 · observational astronomerThe galaxy rotation curves measured by Kent Ford and his colleagues brought the problem of invisible mass into a powerful area of observational research.
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Stephen Hawking
1942–2018 · Theoretical physicist and cosmologistHe predicted thermal radiation by studying quantum fields in black hole geometry; deepened the questions between gravity, thermodynamics and information.
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Alan Turing
1912–1954 · Mathematician and computer science pioneerHe mathematically examined the limits of computability; In 1950, he discussed machine intelligence with a debatable criterion through the imitation game.
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