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Al-Biruni, Physicist was born born Sept. 4, 973 ce, Khwārezm, Khorāsān (now in Uzbekistan). He is regarded as one of the greatest scholars of the…

Hasan Ibn al-Haytham(Alhazen), Physicist was born c. 965 CE(354 AH) Basra, Iraq. He also was an Arab scientist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. He made significant contributions…

Quantum Zeno Effect is the suppression of unitary time evolution caused by quantum decoherence in quantum systems provided by a variety of sources: measurement, interactions…

Optical Heterodyne Detection involves optical signal and local oscillator waves, whereas the mixing product is an electrical signal. It is a detection method which was…

Robert Alan Dahl, Political Theorist was born December 17, 1915, Inwood, Iowa, U.S. A leading theorist of political pluralism, Dahl stressed the role in politics…

Hannah Arendt, Philosopher and Political Theorist was born 14 October 1906 Linden, German Empire (present-day Hanover, Germany). In 1922-23, Arendt began her studies (in classics and…

John Nicholas Gray, Philosopher was born 17 April 1948 (age 68) South Shields, United Kingdom. He is an English political philosopher with interests in analytic…

Paul Karl Feyerabend, Philosopher of Science was born January 13, 1924 Vienna, Austria. He was best known for his work as a professor of philosophy at…

Joseph Raz, Political Philosopher was born 21 March 1939 (age 77) Mandate Palestine. He is one of the most prominent advocates of legal positivism and…

Michael Joseph Oakeshott, Philosopher and Political Theorist  was born December 11, 1901, Chelsfield, Kent, England. He was an educator whose work belongs to the philosophical…

Learned Hand, Judicial Philosopher was born Jan. 27, 1872, Albany, NewYork, U.S. He was never a justice of the Supreme Court, he is generally considered…

Bernard Williams, Moral Philosopher was born Sept. 21, 1929, Westcliff, Essex, England. Williams was educated at Chigwell School, Essex, and Balliol College, Oxford. During the…