Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Author Listing
Sheila Nirenberg
American Neuroscientist, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medical College, awarded MacArthur Fellowship
Shlomo Benartzi
Israeli Behavioral Economist, Professor and Co-Chair of the Behavioral Decision-Making Group at UCLA Anderson School of Management
Daniel Pauly
French-born Canadian Marine Biologist, known for work studying human impacts on global fisheries
Daniel Schnitzer
American Founder and Executive Director of EarthSpark International distributing cheap solar-charged lamps and energy-efficient stoves and pay-as-you-go "micro-grid" in impoverished Haiti, his research focuses on solutions to increasing the utilization of renewable energy in the United States electricity sector
David Birch
British Digital Money and ID Consultant, Author, Director of Consult Hyperion, a specialist electronic transactions consulting firm that advises governments and large companies on electronic identity and electronic money
Massimo Banzi
Italian Engineer, Interaction Designer, Educator and Open Source Hardware Advocate, Co-Founded Arduino making affordable open-source microcontrollers for interactive projects
Candy Chang
American Artist, Public Speaker, Tulane Urban Innovation Fellow, and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader
Leslie T. Chang
Chinese-American Journalist, Correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, Author
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
American Cognitive Neuroscientist, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London and co-director of the Wellcome Trust PhD Programme in Neuroscience at UCL
Gary Greenberg
Micro Photographer and Filmmaker with Ph.D. in Biomedical Research, Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California, Founder of Edge-3D
Mani NULL
Iranian Prophet and Founder of Manichaeism, a gnostic religion once widespread but now extinct
Prince Shōtoku, born Shotoku Taishi, aka Prince Umayado or Prince Kamitsumiya
Japanese Regent and Politician of the Asuka Period serving under Empress Suiko, Father of Japanese Buddhism.established the Shitennoji Temple from Osaka, Author of the Seventeen-Article Constitution
Tsongkhapa, fully Je Tsongkhapa, ordained Lobsang Drakpa or Je Rinpoche NULL
Tibetan Buddhist Teacher
Charles Babbage
English Polymath, Mathematician, Philosopher, Inventor and Mechanical Engineer best known for originating the concept of a programmable computer
John Steinbeck
American Author of Novels, Non-Fiction and Short Stories, Awarded Pulitzer Prize for The Grapes of Wrath and Nobel Prize for Literature
Robert Barany, alt. spelling Róbert Bárány
Austro-Hungarian Otologist, Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus
John Brockman
American Literary Agent, Founder of Edge Foundation, an organization aimed to bring together people working at the edge of a broad range of scientific and technical fields
Michio Kaku
American Futurist, Theoretical Physicist, Popularizer of Science, Author, Henry Semat Chair and Professor of Theoretical Physics at the City College of New York
Kio Stark
American Writer, Journalist, Researcher and Teacher, Activist For Independent Learning and Cultures Of Generosity
John Grisham, fully John Ray Grisham, Jr.
American Author, Attorney, Politician, and Activist best known for his popular legal thrillers
Francis Fukuyama, fully Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama
American Political Scientist, Political Economist and Author
Lynda Sexson
American Religious Studies Professor at Montana State University, Author of Non-fiction, Science and Philosophy
Edward Said, fully Edward Wadie Said
American Educator, Professor of Literature at Columbia University, Intellectual, Founder of the academic field of Postcolonial Studies
T. E. Lawrence, fully Thomas Edward Lawrence
British Author, Archaeologist, Military Officer and Diplomat
Alexander "Sasha" Chislenko
Russian Artificial Intelligence Theorist and active member Of The Transhumanist and Extropian Communities
Anders Sandberg
Swedish Neuroscientist, Researcher, Science Debater, Futurist, Transhumanist and Author
Charles Foster Bass
American Politician, House of Representatives for New Hampshire 2nd District
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Lebanese-American Essayist, Scholar, Statistician, Former Trader and Risk Analyst, Author of "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable"
William Bennett, fully William John "Bill" Bennett
American Conservative Pundit, Politician, Political Theorist, Author, Secretary of Education, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Co-founded K12, a publicly traded online education company
Daniel J. Bernstein, fully Daniel Julius Bernstein
German-American Mathematician, Cryptologist, Programmer and Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at The Eindhoven University Of Technology, Research Professor At The University Of Illinois At Chicago
James Black, fully Sir James Whyte Black
Scottish Pharmacologist, Established the Physiology Department at The University Of Glasgow
Jonathan Lear
American Philosopher, John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought, Professor of Philosophy, Roman Family Director of the Neubauer Collegium on Culture and Society at the University of Chicago
Dale Dougherty
American Co-Founder of O'Reilly Media, Founding Editor and Publisher of MAKE Magazine
Chade-Meng Tan, aka Meng
Google Pioneer, Award-winning Engineer, New York Times bestselling Author, Thought Leader and Philanthropist, groundbreaking mindfulness-based emotional intelligence course called "Search Inside Yourself," Founder and President of the Tan Teo Charitable Foundation
Morgan Spurlock, fully Morgan Valentine Spurlock
American Documentary Filmmaker, Humorist, Television Producer, Screenwriter and Political Activist
Malcolm McLaren
British Musician, Impresario, Visual Artist, Performer, Clothes Designer, Boutique Owner
Thomas Heatherwick, fully Thomas Alexander Heatherwick
English Desinger and founder of Heatherwick Studio in London
Dyan deNapoli, aka The Penguin Lady
American Senior Penguin Aquarist at the New England Aquarium, Author, Recipient of a Distinguished Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Sciences, President of the Home-based Businesswomen's Network