Gerard Debreu The demanding
“He really was the most important contributor to the development of formal math models within economics.”
From This is True for 2 January 2005
education
Educators and other mentors
Tung-Yen Lin Bridge engineer
Born in Shanghai, Lin trained as an engineer. His passion was bridges, and to make them better he used prestressed concrete, which uses embedded high-tension steel cables to allow more economical and better-looking building techniques. During his career, he oversaw the constructions of thousands of bridges, including a thousand in China alone. His ideas spread … Read more
From This is True for 16 November 2003
Michel Navratil Titanic survivor
Navratil was the last male survivor of the Titanic.
From This is True for 28 January 2001
Malcolm Bradbury Writing teacher
Bradbury founded the creative writing school at the University of East Anglia.
From This is True for 26 November 2000
John H. Renner Health skeptic
Renner, the president of the National Council for Reliable Health Information, had a mission.
From This is True for 10 September 2000
Abraham Pais Physicist
A physicist, Pais wrote the definitive biography of Albert Einstein.
From This is True for 30 July 2000
Everett Needham Case Core curriculum developer
Case created the idea of the university “core curriculum”.
From This is True for 16 July 2000
Richard S. Shevell Aeronautical engineer
Shevell oversaw the design of the DC-10 wide-body jetliner.
From This is True for 23 April 2000
William Stokoe Jr ASL linguist
A linguist, Stokoe brought legitimacy to American Sign Language as a true language.
From This is True for 9 April 2000