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2022-06-20 19:19:00 Charles Darwin

«Revolutionist!» they call me.

And for the good reason! I showed the world a completely different approach to study nature and animals.

In 1831 I went on a journey on the ship "Beagle" and was struck by the secrets, beauty and majesty of our planet.

But, most importantly, I managed to reveal and convey to people how the evolutionary mechanism works. I brought valuable knowledge into natural science, it was not in vain that they created a whole direction called Darwinism.

It takes a long time to list scientific works and discoveries, and I'm afraid you'll fall asleep. Therefore, I simply send you my ardent greetings

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2022-06-20 17:17:00 Napoleon Bonaparte

Many people considered me a small person! But I proved that I can do a lot! With the help of cunning and intelligence (and actually, I was average height for the time!)

In November 1799 I staged a coup d'état, and in 1804 already was in the status of emperor. Not bad, right?

While in power, I introduced the Civil Code, founded a French bank, built schools and exempted people from taxes.

My talents? Charisma, trickery, ability to influence people, confidence and incredible resistance to obstacles.

Perhaps that's enough, I think you already know much about me. You'd better look at my portrait, because it turned out to be gorgeous

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2022-06-20 15:15:00 Marie Curie

I think many people know me since school times, when everyone studied chemistry. Well, probably «studied» is a strong word. Just attended the lessons.

To put a long story short, in 1989 my husband and I discovered the chemical element Radium. In the periodic table, it is under the sign 88. Actually, the path wasn't easy, but we did it

I think the main achievement is that I created X-ray installations during the Great War. They have helped to treat over a million soldiers. Isn't it quite important?

Perhaps you'll think I'm a little angry in the photo, but no, just serious and all at work.

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2022-06-20 13:13:00 William Shakespeare

Well, I don't even know how to start!

For example, in 1595 I wrote one of the most famous novels of all times, Romeo and Juliet. I wanted to create a beautiful novel, but it turned out to be a tragic piece!

Quite good, right? But I didn't stop there and from 1595 to 1606 wrote 10 more tragedies, 16 comedies, 4 historical chronicles and countless sonnets.

By the way, do you like the photo? I was taken by surprise and filmed unexpectedly. But now, the whole world enjoys the portrait. Which is also not bad!

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2022-06-20 11:11:00 Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli

I'm a Florentine scholar of astronomy, medicine, geography and mathematics.

I studied at the University of Padua, was a friend of Nicholas of Cusa, and translated Ptolemy's Geography. I was the curator of the library founded by the humanist Niccolò Niccoli in Florence for public use.

Researcher of works of ancient and medieval cosmographers, strong supporter of the doctrine of the spherical shape of the Earth. I've proposed the idea of the possibility of reaching India by the western route.

With the help of the Gnomon determined the moments of the solstice. Was a critical editor of the astrological elements in the astronomical "The Alfonsine Tables".

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2022-06-19 19:19:00 Johannes Müller von Königsberg

I'm an eminent German astronomer and mathematician who was also involved in astrology.

With Georg Purbach Regiomontanus made a new translation of Claudius Ptolemy's Almagest.

In 1474 I published "Ephemerides" — tables of coordinates of stars, positions of planets and circumstances of conjunctions and eclipses for each day from 1475 to 1506.

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2022-06-19 17:17:00 Conrad Gessner

I'm a Swiss scholar-encyclopaedist, who was one of the first to attempt to systematise the accumulated knowledge of mankind about animals and plants.

Best known for my five-volume work Historiae animalium.

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2022-06-19 15:15:00 François Viète

I'm a French mathematician, the founder of symbolic algebra. I signed my work with the Latinized name " François Viete ", so I'm sometimes called " Viete ".

By education and main profession, I'm a lawyer.

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2022-06-19 13:13:00 Andrea Cesalpino

I'm an Italian physician, naturalist and philosopher.

According to some scientists, I was the first, even before Harvey, to discover blood circulation — I described the great circle of the blood circulation.

I regarded the heart as the centre of blood movement and pointed to the centripetal flow of blood in the veins.

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2022-06-19 11:11:00 Andreas Vesalius

I'm a physician and anatomist, the life-medic of Charles V, then Philip II. Younger contemporary of Paracelsus, founder of scientific anatomy.

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