Great Minds
Author(s): Joan Dritsas Haig, Joan Lennon
Over 2500 years of incredible ideas from some of the world's greatest minds. Discover 19 brilliant thinkers and their unique ideas that changed the world over 2,500 years! Aristotle's ideas shaped our understanding of the natural world for hundreds of years. Yacob's Hatata laid the grounds for equality long before our time. Gandhi's philosophy inspired non-violent protest movements all over the world, and Langer shook up our understanding of what art is and can be. The brilliant ideas from each of these amazing thinkers have stayed with humans for centuries, teaching us new ways of uncovering our world and understanding each other. Covering ideas from the last 2500 years, explore the time periods that shaped each thinker's ideas, unpack the theories in accessible, easy to digest text and discover the impact they had for the years to come. Presented in graphic novel style, this is a book to inspire a new generation of thinkers and philosophers.
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Dr Joan Haig has over ten years of experience in teaching, researching and writing in history and the social sciences. Her first middle-grade novel Tiger Skin Rug was published by Cranachan Press in 2020. Dr Joan Lennon's many novels include Silver Skin, set in Neolithic Skara Brae, Orkney, which was shortlisted for the 2017 Scottish Teenage Book Prize. She is currntly a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Dundee University and is a long-standing member of The History Girls blog. Andre Ducci is a Brazilian comic artist based in Italy. He is the author of two books, Fim do Mundo and Grande, published in Brazil and Europe. His works are distinguished by tropical landscapes, scientific illustrations and social themes. Find more of his work at andreducci.art.br and instagram.com/andre_ducci.
General Fields
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- : Templar Publishing
- : Templar Publishing
- : 31 March 2024
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Special Fields
- : Joan Dritsas Haig, Joan Lennon
- : Hardback
- : English
- : 109.2
- : 80