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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Michael Faraday
(1791-1867) British scientist, chemist, physicist, and philosopher who greatly contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the magnet field, electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pierre Bayle
(1647-1706) A famous French philosopher, skeptic, and writer.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Prof. Herbert Spencer
English philosopher, famous for the phrase "survival of the fittest." Acknowledged as one of the founders of the science of sociology.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Prof. John Tyndall
Tyndall was a natural philosopher and known for the Tyndall effect.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pythagoras
The celebrated Greek philosopher, was born in Samos, probably about 580-570 B.C. He was the son of Mnesarchus, and, perhaps, a disciple of Pherecydes.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, philosopher, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early 19th century.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Robert Boyle
(1627-1691) An Irish natural philosopher noted for his physics and chemistry. Dr. Boyle was known for The Sceptical Chymist.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Isaac Newton
(1642-1727) English natural philosopher, mathematician, and physicist most famous for gravity and his laws of motion.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Isaac Newton
Philosopher and mathematician, born at Woolsthorpe, England, Dec. 25, 1642; died March 20, 1727.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Socrates
(469-399 B.C.) Greek philosopher who espoused the teaching technique of asking questions.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Socrates
(469-399 B.C.) Greek philosopher who espoused the teaching technique of asking questions.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Socrates
An eminent Greek philosopher, born in Atherns about 469; died in 399 B.C.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Socrates
An illustration of Socrates, a Classical Greek philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, in reality he is an enigmatic figure known only through other people's accounts. It is Plato's dialogues that have largely...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Voltaire
A French philosopher during the French Enlightenment.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Voltaire
A French Englightenment writer and philosopher, who is well known for his advocacy of civil liberties.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William E. H. Lecky
(1838-1903) Irish historian and philosopher
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Xenophon
(430-c.357 BCE) Greek historian and philosopher
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Zeno of Cyprus
(c.355 - c.263 BCE) Greek philosopher and founder of the Stoic school.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bust of Socrates
Socrates was a Classical Greek philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known only through the classical accounts of his students. Plato's dialogues are the most comprehensive accounts...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Epicurus
Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher and the founder of the school of philosophy called Epicureanism. Only a few fragments and letters remain of Epicurus's 300 written works. Much of what is known about Epicurean philosophy derives...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 - 8 January 1642) was a Tuscan (Italian) physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the scientific revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Hermann Von Helmholtz
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (August 31, 1821 - September 8, 1894) was a German physician and physicist who made significant contributions to several widely varied areas of modern science. In physiology and physiological...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Plato
(525-456 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams (September 27, 1722 - October 2, 1803) was a statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became...