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Manhattan Project: J Robert Oppenheimer—Series 1
The father of the atom bomb who longed to be an all-American hero.
Collectors: Charles Darwin—Series 1
A life-long collector of curiosities, Darwin saw massive significance in tiny changes.
Collectors: Samuel Johnson—Series 1
Working in chaos at a desk strewn with papers, 'Dictionary Johnson' left a great legacy.
Collectors: Pamphila—Series 1
A prolific historian from ancient Greece 鈥� female, freelance and working from home.
Collectors: Denis Diderot—Series 1
The Enlightenment encyclopaedist; the ultimate interdisciplinary thinker.
Collectors: Sei Sh艒nagon—Series 1
The author of a Japanese masterpiece who saw the beauty and absurdity in everyday life.
Teachers: Diogenes—Series 1
The irascible Greek thinker who lived in a barrel and argued for a simpler happier life.
Teachers: Peter Ramus—Series 1
A radical teacher who believed passionately in knowledge and education for all.
Teachers: Mary Somerville—Series 1
A remarkable 19th-century polymath inspired by the natural world and the universe beyond.
Teachers: Maimonides—Series 1
The celebrated medieval philosopher who reconciled faith and reason.
