Most great scientists have also been writers. They had to be to become famous. There have also been great writers who were not scientists, but rather contributed to literature. Each one of these writers has a story, but these stories will not be told here. Only a few facts will be mentioned.
Darwin, Pauling, and Einstein were all writers. Of the three, Pauling wrote the most, possibly due to the fact that he was still doing research in his ninties! He was like the George Burns of science.
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Shown here is a possible ancestor of Darwin. Critics of Darwin thought that his theory was monkey business. However, Darwin evolved into a great scientist.
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Shown here is the brilliant German doctor, scientist, and politician Rudolph Virchow. Virchow wrote a brilliant book in the 19th century called "Cellular Pathology". This book created a sensation.
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Shown here is Alois Alzheimer, who was born in 1864 and died in 1915. Unfortunately his papers were not translated into English, but a book by Kraepelin was. Kraepelin's book detailed much of Alzheimer's work.
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Diane Fossey, a naturalist and animal rights activist, wrote "Gorillas in the Mist".
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Shown here is Dr. Robert Heath at Tulane in 1966. His face has been blacked out of the picture, possibly by the CIA. The CIA was interested in Heath. Heath planted depth electrodes in the brain. Heath was a prolific writer and editor, editing "Serological Fractions in Schizophrenia", a brilliant book about "taraxein", a substance found only in schizophrenics.
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Einstein predicted the atomic bomb. Fortunately the American government listened to him.
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Shown here is the brilliant German neuropathologist Dr. Oskar Vogt. Vogt reported many positive findings in schizophrenia. The work of Vogt has greatly influenced my own theories. Vogt wrote many scientific papers.
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This is the late Cecile Vogt, a brilliant German neuropathologist. Her husband was Oskar Vogt, another brilliant German neuropathologist. The picture is from a German website called "Beroemde". The Vogts wrote many articles.
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Shown here is Professor Emil Kraepelin of Germany. Kraepelin wrote a textbook on psychiatry which became very popular. It came out in various editions, progressing to several volumes.
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Shown here is Franz Nissl of Germany. Nissl and Alzheimer collaborated on a book. They both had similar results. The Nissl bodies of neurons are named after him.
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