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Israeli author, public intellectual, historian, and professor. Author of the popular science bestsellers Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. His writings explore various topics including free will, consciousness, intelligence, happiness, and suffering.

Born in 1973 and grew up in Marshalltown, Iowa. Graduated from Marshalltown High School in 1992. Holds a BSc in Political Science and a postgraduate diploma in Asian studies.

American writer, journalist, and biographer. Known for writing bestselling historical non-fiction biographies.

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Professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University. Former professor of psychology and economics at the University of British Columbia. Interested in the evolution of humans and the interplay between culture and genetic evolution.

Child voice actor turned emcee and assistant announcer at WJR and WUOM. Earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in speech and communications. Served in the United States Army and was honorably discharged as a Sergeant.

Journalist and author of nonfiction books. Best known for The Devil in the White City, a book about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and a series of murders by H.H. Holmes.

Historian and professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Specialist on the Holocaust, known for his work documenting the Final Solution and the behavior of those implementing Nazi policies. Author of nine books, including Ordinary Men and The Origins of the Final Solution.

Matthew White Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley, (born 7 February 1958) is a British journalist and businessman. He is best known for his writings on science, the environment, and economics. He has written several science books, including The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (1994), Genome (1999), The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (2010) and The Evolution of Everything: How Ideas Emerge (2015). He publishes a blog and has been a regular contributor to The Times newspaper. Ridley is a libertarian, and a staunch supporter of Brexit. He has been a Conservative hereditary peer since 2013, with a seat in the House of Lords.Ridley was chairman of the UK bank Northern Rock from 2004 to 2007, during which period it experienced the first run on a British bank in 130 years. He resigned, and the bank was bailed out by the UK government; this led to the nationalisation of Northern Rock.

English author and popular historian. Published best-selling books on classical and medieval history, and the origins of Islam.