Great Thinkers

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Charles Darwin
1809-1882 · England, United Kingdom
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was an English naturalist and biologist. He was born in Shrewsbury into a wealthy and intellectually distinguished family: his grandfather Erasmus Darwin…
Scientific thinking Environmental thinking Critical thinking Research skills +1
"There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms…"
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Gregor Mendel
1822-1884 · Moravia, Austrian Empire (now Czech Republic)
Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) was an Augustinian friar, botanist, and the founder of genetics. He was born Johann Mendel in what is now the Czech Republic,…
Scientific thinking Research skills Numeracy and mathematical thinking Critical thinking +1
"My scientific work has brought me a great deal of satisfaction, and I am convinced that it will be appreciated…"
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Lynn Margulis
1938-2011 · United States
Lynn Margulis (1938-2011) was an American biologist and theorist. She was born Lynn Alexander in Chicago, graduated from the University of Chicago at eighteen, and…
Scientific thinking Environmental thinking Critical thinking Systems thinking +1
"Life did not take over the globe by combat, but by networking."
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Rachel Carson
1907-1964 · United States
Rachel Carson (1907-1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist. She was born in rural Pennsylvania and developed a love of the natural world…
Environmental thinking Scientific thinking Critical literacy Citizenship +1
"In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is a story of the earth."
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Robin Wall Kimmerer
1953-present · United States, Potawatomi Nation
Robin Wall Kimmerer (born 1953) is an American botanist, ecologist, and writer who is a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation, one of the Indigenous peoples…
Environmental thinking Scientific thinking Research skills Cultural heritage and identity +1
"In the Potawatomi language, to be a human being is to be grateful. It is a reminder to say thank…"
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