By Mirja Holtrop and Paul Anthony Taylor Every year on the third Monday of January, the United States celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day. An American […]
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s non-violent philosophy led his followers to name him ‘Mahatma’, which means ‘the one with the great soul.’ Born in India in 1869, Gandhi […]
When he discovered the cause of the bacterial disease puerperal fever (also known as “childbed fever”), Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) made possible the saving of […]
By PAUL ANTHONY TAYLOR and MIRJA HOLTROP English physician William Harvey (1578-1657) set milestones in the field of anatomy. He was the first known physician to […]
In the field of human anatomy, the discoveries of Andreas Vesalius were profound. So important was his impact on this scientific discipline that he is often […]
Thomas Müntzer (1489-1525) was born in Saxony, Germany. He received an academic education and decided very early on that he wanted to devote his life to […]
On the morning of Thursday 17th February, 1600, Giordano Bruno, an Italian philosopher, priest, and cosmologist, was burned to death at the Piazza di Fiori in […]